ZIP 19973 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Composite property distress in 19973 (Sussex County, Delaware) lands at 25/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (90/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (77/100). On the structural side it scores 57/100, with 4/100 of stress already active. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (61/100), structural risk (57/100), institutional ownership (17/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (17/100) and mortgage stress (12/100) register low.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.3% year on year, and 29% higher over three years (phase confidence 31/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

16.4% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. About 25,786 people live here, median age 43. Median household income is $62,668, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Around 47% of renters are cost-burdened. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 35/100. The ZIP holds roughly 11,141 housing units. Educational attainment sits at 18% bachelor's-or-above. Home values center near $278,300, an affordability ratio of 4.1×. Owners hold 73% of homes, renters 27%. The vacancy rate is 7.4%.

Net-net, 19973 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.