ZIP 19971 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Sussex County, Delaware, ZIP 19971 scores 26 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. 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. Its standout signals are 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 19971 posted values that rose 5.4% over the year, and 27% higher over three years (phase confidence 30/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Households earn a median $103,301 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. The vacancy rate is 53.3% — elevated. Roughly 7.1% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. About 55% have a four-year degree. Around 51% of renters are cost-burdened. On demographic stress specifically, 19971 scores 36/100. The tenure split is 88% owner-occupied to 12% rented. Population is roughly 15,528 with a median age of 62. The ZIP holds roughly 17,042 housing units. A median home runs $608,800 here, or 5.4 times local income.

On the whole, 19971 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.