ZIP 19960 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Sussex County, Delaware's ZIP 19960 registers 26/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (61/100), structural risk (58/100), institutional ownership (17/100). institutional ownership (17/100) and mortgage stress (12/100) stay muted. The latent-versus-live split is 58/100 structural and 4/100 already moving. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (76/100).

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.4% over the trailing year, and 14% higher over three years (phase confidence 30/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

At $66,929, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Around 25% of renters are cost-burdened. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 30/100. Around 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The poverty rate is 7.6%. The typical home is worth about $275,700 (4.1× income). The ZIP holds roughly 2,500 housing units. 7,083 residents call 19960 home, typically aged 37. The vacancy rate is 8.2%. 82% of housing is owner-occupied.

Overall, 19960 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.