ZIP 19968 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 19968 (Sussex County, Delaware) at a low 26/100 for overall property distress. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (76/100)). The latent-versus-live split is 58/100 structural and 4/100 already moving. Property-level stress concentrates 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 19968 posted values that rose 5.4% over the year, and 13% higher over three years (phase confidence 30/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

A median home runs $437,000 here, or 5.1 times local income. Around 56% of renters are cost-burdened. On demographic stress specifically, 19968 scores 35/100. About 41% have a four-year degree. Roughly 8.4% live below the poverty line. The tenure split is 90% owner-occupied to 10% rented. Households earn a median $81,646 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. The ZIP holds roughly 7,751 housing units. Population is roughly 14,791 with a median age of 54. The vacancy rate is 17.4% — elevated.

On the whole, 19968 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.