ZIP 19543 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Berks County, Pennsylvania's ZIP 19543 registers 25/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. The latent-versus-live split is 57/100 structural and 2/100 already moving. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (90/100). Its standout signals are structural risk (57/100), construction/permit lag (45/100), institutional ownership (20/100). institutional ownership (20/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.8% over the trailing year, and 24% higher over three years (phase confidence 28/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Population is roughly 6,172 with a median age of 42. There are about 2,185 housing units across 19543. The vacancy rate is 4.1%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 25/100. Home values center near $361,000, an affordability ratio of 3.0× — accessible. Median household income is $111,917, above the U.S. median near $78,000. Roughly 7.2% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. Around 33% of renters are cost-burdened. Owners hold 86% of homes, renters 14%. About 40% have a four-year degree.

Net-net, 19543 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. There is no property file for 19543 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable records.

The number is not local guesswork: 19543's 25/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed as records update; 19543 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.

19543's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. The point of the 19543 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.