ZIP 19808 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 19808 in New Castle County, Delaware carries a composite property-distress score of 22/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural exposure scores 49 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale. What sets it apart are the readings on 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. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (95/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (83/100).

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.4% year on year, and 22% higher over three years, at 30/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 38,334 people live here, median age 44. Owners hold 79% of homes, renters 21%. Home values center near $337,800, an affordability ratio of 3.3× — accessible. There are about 15,864 housing units across 19808. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 25/100. Vacancy runs 2.8%. Rent burden reaches 34% of tenant households. Median household income is $92,883, above the U.S. median near $78,000. Educational attainment sits at 41% bachelor's-or-above. 5.6% of residents fall below the poverty threshold.

Overall 19808 looks resilient on the surface, so the edge is isolating individual stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.