ZIP 17087 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 17087 (Berks County, Pennsylvania) at a low 18/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (39/100), institutional ownership (15/100), mortgage stress (6/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (15/100) and mortgage stress (6/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (89/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (62/100). On the structural side it scores 39/100, with 2/100 of stress already active.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 8.0% year on year, 1.1% off the recent peak, and 25% higher over three years (phase confidence 59/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

The tenure split is 84% owner-occupied to 16% rented. Roughly 4.3% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. Around 21% of renters are cost-burdened. A median home runs $225,200 here, or 2.4 times local income. Households earn a median $91,510 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. The ZIP holds roughly 936 housing units. About 22% have a four-year degree. The vacancy rate is 5.1%. On demographic stress specifically, 17087 scores 22/100. About 2,444 people live here, median age 38.

Overall 17087 looks resilient on the surface, so the edge is isolating individual stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.