ZIP 17516 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, ZIP 17516 scores 29 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. On the structural side it scores 68/100, with 2/100 of stress already active. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (87/100), structural risk (68/100), institutional ownership (20/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (20/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (95/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (89/100).

The expansion-phase market in 17516 posted values that rose 5.8% over the year, and 20% higher over three years, at 29/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Vacancy runs 3.4%. A median home runs $313,500 here, or 2.7 times local income. Around 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 20/100. Owners hold 89% of homes, renters 11%. Roughly 4.0% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. Population is roughly 5,241 with a median age of 50. The ZIP holds roughly 2,099 housing units. Rent burden reaches 14% of tenant households. Median household income is $108,942, above the U.S. median near $78,000.

Net-net, 17516 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. There is no property file for 17516 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable public records.

Big metro or rural, 17516 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 29/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and the nation. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 17516 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

Behind 17516's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. Practically, 17516 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.