ZIP 17023 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 17023 in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania carries a composite property-distress score of 21/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic distress index. The pressure is most legible in 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). Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (91/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (63/100). Structurally it carries 47/100, against 2/100 of stress already in motion.

The market reads peak — home values rose 4.3% year on year, and 11% higher over three years (phase confidence 31/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

A median home runs $210,500 here, or 2.6 times local income. The poverty rate is 11.6%. There are about 1,438 housing units across 17023. Rent burden reaches 15% of tenant households. Median household income is $77,305, near the U.S. median near $78,000. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 24/100. About 22% have a four-year degree. 3,681 residents call 17023 home, typically aged 40. The tenure split is 79% owner-occupied to 21% rented. The vacancy rate is 6.7%.

Overall, 17023 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.

The number is not local guesswork: 17023's 21/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 17023 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

17023's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. Practically, 17023 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.