ZIP 17018 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 17018 in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania carries a composite property-distress score of 21/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (91/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (63/100)). The latent-versus-live split is 47/100 structural and 2/100 already moving. Leading the profile are structural risk (47/100), construction/permit lag (28/100), institutional ownership (15/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (15/100) and mortgage stress (6/100).

The peak-phase market in 17018 posted values that rose 4.3% over the year, and 31% higher over three years, at 31/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

The poverty rate is 7.9%. Rent burden reaches 48% of tenant households. Households earn a median $77,750 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. 85% of housing is owner-occupied. Home values center near $238,700, an affordability ratio of 2.9× — accessible. The ZIP holds roughly 2,092 housing units. Around 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Vacancy runs 12.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. On demographic stress specifically, 17018 scores 27/100. 3,745 residents call 17018 home, typically aged 56.

Net-net, 17018 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Parcel-level detail for 17018 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

The 17018 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 21/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 17018 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. 17018 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

The 21/100 figure for 17018 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. The point of the 17018 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.