ZIP 18078 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 18078 (Lehigh County, Pennsylvania) lands at 24/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (72/100)). The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (54/100), construction/permit lag (50/100), institutional ownership (16/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (16/100) and mortgage stress (7/100). Structural risk reads 54/100 against active distress of 2/100.

The expansion-phase market in 18078 posted values that rose 7.1% over the year, and 22% higher over three years, at 41/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

The typical home is worth about $385,400 (2.7× income, relatively affordable). There are about 2,822 housing units across 18078. Population is roughly 7,571 with a median age of 41. Rent burden reaches 33% of tenant households. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 23/100. Vacancy runs 1.2%. Around 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The poverty rate is 8.3%. 85% of housing is owner-occupied. At $131,875, median income runs above typical U.S. levels.

Broadly, 18078 is a steadier market — the deals are the exceptions, not the rule. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.