ZIP 19802 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

New Castle County, Delaware's ZIP 19802 registers 22/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (95/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (83/100). The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (49/100), institutional ownership (19/100), construction/permit lag (19/100). By contrast, construction/permit lag (19/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) register low. Structural risk reads 49/100 against active distress of 2/100.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.4% year on year, and 28% higher over three years, at 30/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 25,670 people live here, median age 37. Median household income is $54,370, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Home values center near $194,600, an affordability ratio of 3.5× — accessible. Vacancy runs 9.4%. Educational attainment sits at 28% bachelor's-or-above. There are about 11,548 housing units across 19802. Owners hold 48% of homes, renters 52%. 20.2% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 35/100. Rent burden reaches 44% of tenant households.

Net-net, 19802 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.