ZIP 19970 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 19970 in Sussex County, Delaware carries a composite property-distress score of 26/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (76/100). What sets it apart are the readings on 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. Structural risk reads 58/100 against active distress of 4/100.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.4% year on year, and 13% higher over three years, at 30/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Vacancy runs 53.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. There are about 8,567 housing units across 19970. Home values center near $526,600, an affordability ratio of 5.4×. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 39/100. Owners hold 91% of homes, renters 9%. Rent burden reaches 55% of tenant households. About 8,265 people live here, median age 63. 12.8% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Median household income is $90,802, above the U.S. median near $78,000. Educational attainment sits at 47% bachelor's-or-above.

Net-net, 19970 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.