ZIP 19602 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Scored on a fixed 0-100 scale, 19602 (Berks County, Pennsylvania) returns a low composite of 20/100. Structural exposure scores 45 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale. The pressure is most legible in structural risk (45/100), institutional ownership (20/100), mortgage stress (8/100). institutional ownership (20/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) stay muted. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (92/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (91/100)).

The peak-phase market in 19602 posted values that rose 4.4% over the year, and 67% higher over three years, at 28/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

The typical home is worth about $96,000 (1.9× income, relatively affordable). The poverty rate is 33.7% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Owners hold 27% of homes, renters 73%. Around 49% of renters are cost-burdened. 18,001 residents call 19602 home, typically aged 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. The ZIP holds roughly 8,034 housing units. Median household income is $38,179, below the U.S. median near $78,000.

Taken together, 19602 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. 19602 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

The 19602 read uses the identical scoring model applied coast to coast, which means its 20/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 19602 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Berks County, Pennsylvania. Sparse data for 19602 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

19602's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. For a buyer, 19602 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.