ZIP 17044 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 17044 in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania carries a composite property-distress score of 14/100 — a minimal reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (63/100). What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (43/100), structural risk (30/100), mortgage stress (4/100). mortgage stress (4/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) stay muted. Structural risk reads 30/100 against active distress of 1/100.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.5% over the trailing year, and 33% higher over three years, at 32/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

Owners hold 63% of homes, renters 37%. Median household income is $58,253, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Home values center near $142,600, an affordability ratio of 2.2× — accessible. There are about 10,185 housing units across 17044. 20,526 residents call 17044 home, typically aged 44. Vacancy runs 12.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 29/100. 17.1% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Rent burden reaches 32% of tenant households. Educational attainment sits at 14% bachelor's-or-above.

Taken together, 17044 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.