ZIP 17102 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 17102 in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania carries a composite property-distress score of 26/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (81/100), structural risk (60/100), institutional ownership (15/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (15/100) and mortgage stress (6/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (91/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (64/100). On the structural side it scores 60/100, with 2/100 of stress already active.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.6% year on year, and 20% higher over three years (phase confidence 35/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

The tenure split is 36% owner-occupied to 64% rented. Roughly 24.8% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Around 27% of renters are cost-burdened. About 50% have a four-year degree. Households earn a median $55,369 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. On demographic stress specifically, 17102 scores 31/100. About 8,177 people live here, median age 35. The ZIP holds roughly 5,239 housing units. A median home runs $193,700 here, or 3.1 times local income. The vacancy rate is 10.6%.

Net-net, 17102 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.