ZIP 17602 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 17602 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania carries a composite property-distress score of 25/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (95/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (89/100). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (57/100), construction/permit lag (44/100), institutional ownership (20/100). institutional ownership (20/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) stay muted. Structural risk reads 57/100 against active distress of 2/100.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.8% over the trailing year, and 19% higher over three years, at 35/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

51,461 residents call 17602 home, typically aged 38. Owners hold 58% of homes, renters 42%. Median household income is $71,752, near the U.S. median near $78,000. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 31/100. Home values center near $271,700, an affordability ratio of 3.5× — accessible. Rent burden reaches 36% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 4.0%. There are about 19,959 housing units across 17602. 12.9% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Educational attainment sits at 28% bachelor's-or-above.

Overall, 17602 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.