ZIP 17538 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 17538 (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania) lands at 25/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Structural exposure scores 57 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (57/100), construction/permit lag (44/100), institutional ownership (20/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (20/100) and mortgage stress (8/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (95/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (89/100)).

The expansion-phase market in 17538 posted values that rose 5.8% over the year, and 24% higher over three years, at 35/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Vacancy runs 1.2%. The typical home is worth about $299,300 (3.0× income, relatively affordable). Around 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 89% of housing is owner-occupied. At $96,463, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 23/100. Population is roughly 7,121 with a median age of 52. Rent burden reaches 43% of tenant households. There are about 3,181 housing units across 17538. The poverty rate is 1.7% — low.

On balance 17538 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.