ZIP 19138 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania · High Poverty market
ZIP code 19138 in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania carries a composite property-distress score of 20/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. The latent-versus-live split is 43/100 structural and 2/100 already moving. Its standout signals are structural risk (43/100), institutional ownership (15/100), mortgage stress (7/100). institutional ownership (15/100) and mortgage stress (7/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (66/100).
Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.2% over the trailing year, and 5% higher over three years, at 28/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.
Population is roughly 31,737 with a median age of 37. The tenure split is 64% owner-occupied to 36% rented. There are about 13,552 housing units across 19138. Rent burden reaches 43% of tenant households. Households earn a median $51,586 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Roughly 22.6% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Vacancy runs 7.3%. About 18% have a four-year degree. A median home runs $177,000 here, or 3.2 times local income. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 34/100.
Taken together, 19138 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. While 19138 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.
Big metro or rural, 19138 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 20/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania and the nation. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed on ingest; 19138 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.
19138's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. The point of the 19138 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.
ZIP 19138 distress signals, scored
Delinquent tax, institutional holdings, insurance strain, flood/NFIP exposure, build-out lag, price dislocation and auction pace — along with the 0 individual distressed properties are listed in full, with owner, address, APN, per-parcel score and exit-velocity read.
ZIP 19138 Stress Report snapshot
The live 19138 panel — distress score, market phase, housing and bank pressure — as attached to every individual property.
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