ZIP 18424 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 18424 (Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania) lands at 23/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (52/100), construction/permit lag (43/100), institutional ownership (24/100). institutional ownership (24/100) and mortgage stress (11/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (82/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (72/100). The latent-versus-live split is 52/100 structural and 3/100 already moving.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 6.3% over the trailing year (phase confidence 44/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 32/100. 11.8% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Around 35% of renters are cost-burdened. 5,076 residents call 18424 home, typically aged 48. The vacancy rate is 49.5% — elevated. Home values center near $195,500, an affordability ratio of 3.1× — accessible. Educational attainment sits at 22% bachelor's-or-above. Owners hold 88% of homes, renters 12%. Median household income is $62,192, below the U.S. median near $78,000. The ZIP holds roughly 3,976 housing units.

Taken together, 18424 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.