ZIP 18471 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 18471 in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania carries a composite property-distress score of 22/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. 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. What sets it apart are the readings on 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).

The expansion-phase market in 18471 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 $121,136, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. The vacancy rate is 15.3% — elevated. The poverty rate is 4.0% — low. Population is roughly 527 with a median age of 51. Around 0% of renters are cost-burdened. The ZIP holds roughly 293 housing units. Around 75% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 98% of housing is owner-occupied. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 13/100. The typical home is worth about $391,100 (2.5× income, relatively affordable).

On the whole, 18471 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.