ZIP 18252 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 18252 (Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania) at a low 20/100 for overall property distress. Structural exposure scores 44 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (84/100)). Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (44/100), construction/permit lag (28/100), institutional ownership (14/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (14/100) and mortgage stress (8/100).

The expansion-phase market in 18252 posted values that rose 5.5% over the year, and 19% higher over three years, at 32/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Population is roughly 11,065 with a median age of 43. 69% of housing is owner-occupied. The typical home is worth about $156,300 (2.5× income, relatively affordable). Around 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. There are about 4,938 housing units across 18252. Vacancy runs 12.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The poverty rate is 18.9% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. At $61,020, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 31/100. Rent burden reaches 45% of tenant households.

On the whole, 18252 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.