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

For Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, DLRadar turns county and parcel public records into a single distress score per ZIP. Bank/credit headwind for the county is 34 on a 0–100 scale, a contained reading. There are 31 scored ZIPs in the county (mean composite 21/100). The county's ZIP scores run from 18 up to 28/100.

Currently peak, Dauphin County saw prices rise 4.3% year over year, a 31/100-confidence read. This late in the run, broad sweeps stop paying — the edge is parcel by parcel.

With Dauphin County flat at +4.3% YoY (31/100 confidence), the wins are surgical and a county-wide sweep stays on the shelf. A steady 34/100 bank reading favors tax delinquency, probate and liens.

By composite, 17022 (28/100), 17028 (22/100), 17078 (22/100), 17005 (21/100), 17018 (21/100), 17023 (21/100) top the county — tap any ZIP to go deeper. Coverage extends to 17030, 17032, 17033, 17034, 17036, 17048, 17057, 17061, 17080, 17097 among others.

On the housing-and-income side, the ZIPs DLRadar tracks across Dauphin County come in at a 12.4% poverty rate, 65% owner-occupancy, 7.3% of units sitting vacant, residents with a median age around 41.2, incomes around $76,816, typical home values near $207,655. These fundamentals drive which owners come under strain and how quickly stock clears.

With a low 21/100 reading over 31 ZIPs, the edge is selective acquisition for a disciplined buyer. Subscribers get each Dauphin County parcel's owner, mailing address, APN, a parcel-level score plus bank exposure and liquidity read.

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

For anyone buying in Dauphin County, the scores answer one question first — which ZIPs deserve the marketing budget, with the top reading 28/100. Provenance for Dauphin County is explicit: recorders and courts for filings, FHFA for prices, FDIC for lenders. No interpolation, no synthetic values.

Drilling in, Dauphin County's highest-scoring ZIPs are 17022 (28/100), 17028 (22/100), 17078 (22/100), 17005 (21/100), 17018 (21/100), 17023 (21/100). DLRadar also scores 17030, 17032, 17033, 17034, 17036, 17048, 17057, 17061 and more across the county. Every one of these is scored independently — a ZIP's composite reflects its own recorded distress, which is why the county average alone hides where the real pressure sits.

Under Dauphin County's headline composite sit distinct layers — recorded foreclosures, tax and lien delinquency, mortgage stress and bank headwind — each scored separately before they roll up, so the same total can describe very different markets.