ZIP 16226 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, ZIP 16226 scores 25 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (94/100), structural risk (58/100), institutional ownership (16/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (16/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (70/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (67/100). Structural risk reads 58/100 against active distress of 2/100.

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.7% year on year, and 32% higher over three years (phase confidence 27/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Median household income is $61,563, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Population is roughly 7,994 with a median age of 48. Educational attainment sits at 23% bachelor's-or-above. Rent burden reaches 28% of tenant households. The poverty rate is 8.3%. Home values center near $144,500, an affordability ratio of 1.9× — accessible. There are about 4,175 housing units across 16226. The vacancy rate is 12.9% — elevated. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 23/100. The tenure split is 79% owner-occupied to 21% rented.

Net-net, 16226 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. 16226 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

The 16226 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 25/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 16226 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed on ingest; 16226 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.

Behind 16226's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. In workflow terms, 16226 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.