ZIP 19939 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 19939 in Sussex County, Delaware carries a composite property-distress score of 26/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (76/100). The latent-versus-live split is 58/100 structural and 4/100 already moving. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (61/100), structural risk (58/100), institutional ownership (17/100). institutional ownership (17/100) and mortgage stress (12/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.4% over the trailing year, and 31% higher over three years (phase confidence 30/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

At $86,583, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. Around 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The vacancy rate is 24.4% — elevated. The ZIP holds roughly 3,949 housing units. The poverty rate is 5.0% — low. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 29/100. The typical home is worth about $420,700 (4.2× income). 92% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 32% of renters are cost-burdened. 7,833 residents call 19939 home, typically aged 56.

Taken together, 19939 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.