ZIP 17098 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania · High Poverty market
DLRadar grades ZIP 17098 (Dauphin County, Pennsylvania) at a low 21/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (47/100), construction/permit lag (28/100), institutional ownership (15/100). institutional ownership (15/100) and mortgage stress (6/100) stay muted. Latent structural risk is 47/100 while live distress already moving reads 2/100. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (91/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (63/100).
The peak-phase market in 17098 posted values that rose 4.3% over the year (phase confidence 31/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.
Median household income is $63,071, below the U.S. median near $78,000. The poverty rate is 20.3% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Around 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Home values center near $122,000, an affordability ratio of 1.8× — accessible. Rent burden reaches 34% of tenant households. Population is roughly 2,521 with a median age of 46. Owners hold 74% of homes, renters 26%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 27/100. The vacancy rate is 6.5%. There are about 1,209 housing units across 17098.
Net-net, 17098 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Parcel-level detail for 17098 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.
Whether 17098 runs hot or quiet, its 21/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 17098 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania or nationwide. 17098 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.
Each component behind 17098 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 21/100 roll-up. Treat 17098 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.
What is driving ZIP 17098’s distress
Delinquent tax, institutional holdings, insurance strain, flood/NFIP exposure, build-out lag, price dislocation and auction pace — along with the 0 individual distressed properties are listed in full, with owner, address, APN, per-parcel score and exit-velocity read.
The 17098 distress snapshot
17098 live: composite distress, market phase, housing detail and lender pressure, identical to the per-property report.
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