ZIP 19940 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 19940 (Sussex County, Delaware) at a low 26/100 for overall property distress. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (76/100). On the structural side it scores 58/100, with 4/100 of stress already active. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (61/100), structural risk (58/100), institutional ownership (17/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (17/100) and mortgage stress (12/100) register low.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.4% year on year, and 17% higher over three years (phase confidence 30/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Owners hold 83% of homes, renters 17%. 14.2% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. The vacancy rate is 13.3% — elevated. Around 26% of renters are cost-burdened. Median household income is $63,361, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Educational attainment sits at 22% bachelor's-or-above. About 7,108 people live here, median age 42. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 30/100. The ZIP holds roughly 2,743 housing units. Home values center near $235,300, an affordability ratio of 3.6× — accessible.

Net-net, 19940 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.