ZIP 19602 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 19602 (Berks County, Pennsylvania) at a low 20/100 for overall property distress. Structural exposure scores 45 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (45/100), institutional ownership (20/100), mortgage stress (8/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (20/100) and mortgage stress (8/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (92/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (91/100)).

The expansion-phase market in 19602 posted values that rose 8.4% over the year, and 67% higher over three years, at 63/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

A median home runs $96,000 here, or 1.9 times local income. Roughly 33.7% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. The tenure split is 27% owner-occupied to 73% rented. Rent burden reaches 49% of tenant households. Population is roughly 18,001 with a median age of 33. Vacancy runs 15.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. About 11% have a four-year degree. On demographic stress specifically, 19602 scores 38/100. There are about 8,034 housing units across 19602. Households earn a median $38,179 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure.

On the whole, 19602 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.