ZIP 18505 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 18505 (Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania) lands at 22/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (50/100), construction/permit lag (33/100), institutional ownership (17/100). institutional ownership (17/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) stay muted. The latent-versus-live split is 50/100 structural and 2/100 already moving. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (89/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (76/100).

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 6.8% over the trailing year, and 33% higher over three years (phase confidence 46/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

Median household income is $52,599, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Home values center near $156,700, an affordability ratio of 2.7× — accessible. 19.8% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Educational attainment sits at 26% bachelor's-or-above. Around 39% of renters are cost-burdened. Owners hold 55% of homes, renters 45%. The vacancy rate is 14.7% — elevated. 21,417 residents call 18505 home, typically aged 39. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 32/100. The ZIP holds roughly 9,992 housing units.

Taken together, 18505 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.