ZIP 19947 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Sussex County, Delaware's ZIP 19947 registers 26/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Structural exposure scores 58 and live distress 4 on the 0–100 scale. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (61/100), structural risk (58/100), institutional ownership (17/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (17/100) and mortgage stress (12/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (76/100)).

The expansion-phase market in 19947 posted values that rose 5.4% over the year, and 12% higher over three years, at 30/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Population is roughly 19,343 with a median age of 37. A median home runs $322,300 here, or 4.3 times local income. Roughly 11.4% live below the poverty line. Vacancy runs 8.8%. The tenure split is 68% owner-occupied to 32% rented. Households earn a median $68,529 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. About 18% have a four-year degree. Rent burden reaches 57% of tenant households. There are about 7,425 housing units across 19947. On demographic stress specifically, 19947 scores 37/100.

On balance 19947 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.