Columbia County, PA: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Columbia County, Pennsylvania is scored end-to-end by DLRadar for property distress, drawn only from deterministic public records. The county's lending-headwind score sits at 52/100 (moderate). Across its ZIPs, composite distress spans 16 to 28 out of 100. DLRadar scores 20 ZIPs here, with a mean composite of 19/100.

In its peak phase, Columbia County home prices rose 4.2% across the last year (phase confidence 28/100). With pricing topped out, the opportunity narrows with opportunity concentrated by ZIP.

Near the cycle top at +4.2% YoY (28/100 confidence), the wins are surgical so the headline market won't hand it over. Mid-range bank stress at 52/100 points to a blend the ZIP scores sort out.

Top distress by ZIP runs 17774 (28/100), 17756 (26/100), 18655 (25/100), 18635 (23/100), 18603 (21/100), 17878 (20/100), listed with every scored ZIP below. Also scored across the county: 17921, 17814, 17985, 17824, 17815, 17821, 17846, 17820, 17858, 17859.

Profile-wise, the Columbia County ZIPs on file run incomes around $69,106, a 9.9% poverty rate, 83% of homes owner-occupied, vacancy near 12.7%, typical home values near $197,810, a median age of 47.9. These fundamentals frame where pressure builds and how liquid the exit will be.

With a low 19/100 reading over 20 ZIPs, Columbia County rewards parcel-by-parcel work where the ZIP scores point. Unlock Columbia County to see every parcel's owner, mailing address, APN, a per-parcel score, lender exposure and exit read.

The distress read for Columbia County, Pennsylvania is refreshed as new public records post and uses the same methodology coast to coast, so Columbia County stays directly comparable to any other market you track.

The point of scoring Columbia County, Pennsylvania is to narrow it — the high-composite ZIPs carry the distress, and everything below them rarely repays the outreach cost. All Columbia County inputs are public record — recorder, court, FHFA and FDIC — and the score is rebuilt on ingest rather than modelled forward.

The ZIP breakdown for Columbia County leads with 17774 (28/100), 17756 (26/100), 18655 (25/100), 18635 (23/100), 18603 (21/100), 17878 (20/100). DLRadar also scores 17921, 17814, 17985, 17824, 17815, 17821, 17846, 17820 and more across the county. Because each ZIP is graded on its own foreclosure, tax and lender record, the county's distress is best read code by code rather than as a single number.

The Columbia County score is not a single measure but a composite: foreclosure activity, mortgage and tax-lien stress, and local lender headwind each feed it, which is why understanding the components matters as much as the headline number.