ZIP 17044 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 17044 in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania carries a composite property-distress score of 15/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (63/100). Leading the profile are construction/permit lag (57/100), structural risk (34/100), mortgage stress (4/100). mortgage stress (4/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) stay muted. On the structural side it scores 34/100, with 1/100 of stress already active.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.2% over the trailing year, and 33% higher over three years, at 28/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

63% of housing is owner-occupied. At $58,253, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Home values center near $142,600, an affordability ratio of 2.2× — accessible. The ZIP holds roughly 10,185 housing units. About 20,526 people live here, median age 44. Vacancy runs 12.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 29/100. The poverty rate is 17.1% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Around 32% of renters are cost-burdened. About 14% have a four-year degree.

Taken together, 17044 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. While 17044 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

The 17044 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 15/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 17044 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 17044, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

The 15/100 for 17044 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. Practically, 17044 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.