ZIP 17103 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, ZIP 17103 scores 21 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. The split runs 47/100 structural to 2/100 active on the ground. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (91/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (63/100). The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (47/100), construction/permit lag (28/100), institutional ownership (15/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (15/100) and mortgage stress (6/100) register low.

The market reads peak — home values rose 4.3% year on year, and 44% higher over three years (phase confidence 31/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

There are about 5,475 housing units across 17103. A median home runs $137,900 here, or 2.7 times local income. The vacancy rate is 12.3% — elevated. Owners hold 41% of homes, renters 59%. Around 48% of renters are cost-burdened. Roughly 31.4% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 38/100. About 18% have a four-year degree. Population is roughly 12,774 with a median age of 28. Households earn a median $41,383 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure.

Net-net, 17103 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Parcel-level detail for 17103 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 17103's 21/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania or any ZIP coast to coast. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 17103, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

The 21/100 for 17103 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. In workflow terms, 17103 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.