ZIP 18420 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania's ZIP 18420 registers 22/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (50/100), construction/permit lag (33/100), institutional ownership (17/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (17/100) and mortgage stress (8/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (89/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (76/100)). The latent-versus-live split is 50/100 structural and 2/100 already moving.

The expansion-phase market in 18420 posted values that rose 6.8% over the year (phase confidence 46/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

At $70,000, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. The typical home is worth about $275,000 (3.2× income, relatively affordable). The poverty rate is 0.0% — low. Around 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The vacancy rate is 60.0% — elevated. The ZIP holds roughly 43 housing units. Around 0% of renters are cost-burdened. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 28/100. 56% of housing is owner-occupied. Population is roughly 67 with a median age of 37.

On the whole, 18420 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.