ZIP 17103 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, ZIP 17103 scores 26 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural risk reads 60/100 against active distress of 2/100. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (91/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (64/100)). Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (81/100), structural risk (60/100), institutional ownership (15/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (15/100) and mortgage stress (6/100).

The expansion-phase market in 17103 posted values that rose 5.6% over the year, and 44% higher over three years, at 35/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

There are about 5,475 housing units across 17103. The typical home is worth about $137,900 (2.7× income, relatively affordable). Vacancy runs 12.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. 41% of housing is owner-occupied. Rent burden reaches 48% of tenant households. The poverty rate is 31.4% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 38/100. Around 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Population is roughly 12,774 with a median age of 28. At $41,383, median income runs below typical U.S. levels.

On the whole, 17103 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.