ZIP 18242 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, ZIP 18242 scores 20 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Its standout signals are structural risk (44/100), construction/permit lag (28/100), institutional ownership (14/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (14/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (84/100). On the structural side it scores 44/100, with 2/100 of stress already active.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.5% year on year (phase confidence 32/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Households earn a median $160,586 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. Around 0% of renters are cost-burdened. The tenure split is 87% owner-occupied to 13% rented. About 3% have a four-year degree. Roughly 8.1% live below the poverty line. About 382 people live here, median age 37. On demographic stress specifically, 18242 scores 17/100. The ZIP holds roughly 226 housing units. The vacancy rate is 20.8% — elevated. A median home runs $133,500 here, or 0.7 times local income.

Net-net, 18242 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.