ZIP 19956 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Sussex County, Delaware's ZIP 19956 registers 26/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Structural risk reads 58/100 against active distress of 4/100. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (76/100)). 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).

The expansion-phase market in 19956 posted values that rose 5.4% over the year, and 19% higher over three years, at 30/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

The tenure split is 66% owner-occupied to 34% rented. Households earn a median $59,085 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. There are about 6,752 housing units across 19956. About 16% have a four-year degree. Vacancy runs 8.3%. Rent burden reaches 42% of tenant households. A median home runs $259,500 here, or 4.0 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 19956 scores 35/100. Population is roughly 16,274 with a median age of 37. Roughly 18.8% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory.

On balance 19956 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.