ZIP 18229 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Carbon County, Pennsylvania, ZIP 18229 scores 19 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (70/100), climate & FEMA risk (61/100). Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (50/100), structural risk (45/100), institutional ownership (16/100). institutional ownership (16/100) and mortgage stress (10/100) stay muted. Structural risk reads 45/100 against active distress of 3/100.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 7.1% over the trailing year, and 33% higher over three years, at 41/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

Home values center near $238,800, an affordability ratio of 3.2× — accessible. Vacancy runs 21.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. 9,136 residents call 18229 home, typically aged 49. Owners hold 86% of homes, renters 14%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 32/100. Rent burden reaches 61% of tenant households. Median household income is $67,642, below the U.S. median near $78,000. 8.9% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. There are about 4,815 housing units across 18229. Educational attainment sits at 27% bachelor's-or-above.

Taken together, 18229 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.