ZIP 18508 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, ZIP 18508 scores 22 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (89/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (76/100). Its standout 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. Structural risk reads 50/100 against active distress of 2/100.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 6.8% over the trailing year, and 34% higher over three years, at 46/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

11,347 residents call 18508 home, typically aged 39. Home values center near $145,400, an affordability ratio of 2.7× — accessible. Owners hold 50% of homes, renters 50%. Rent burden reaches 47% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 15.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. 26.1% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Median household income is $44,706, below the U.S. median near $78,000. There are about 5,547 housing units across 18508. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 36/100. Educational attainment sits at 18% bachelor's-or-above.

Taken together, 18508 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.