ZIP 17109 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 17109 in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania carries a composite property-distress score of 21/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (91/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (63/100). Leading the profile are structural risk (47/100), construction/permit lag (28/100), institutional ownership (15/100). institutional ownership (15/100) and mortgage stress (6/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 47 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale.

The market reads peak — home values rose 4.3% year on year, and 25% higher over three years (phase confidence 31/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

27,422 residents call 17109 home, typically aged 35. There are about 11,623 housing units across 17109. 53% of housing is owner-occupied. Households earn a median $70,618 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. The vacancy rate is 6.8%. The poverty rate is 10.1%. Around 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Rent burden reaches 38% of tenant households. Home values center near $215,900, an affordability ratio of 2.9× — accessible. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 29/100.

Overall, 17109 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.

The number is not local guesswork: 17109's 21/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 17109 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

Each component behind 17109 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 21/100 roll-up. Practically, 17109 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.