ZIP 17603 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, ZIP 17603 scores 25 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Its standout signals are structural risk (57/100), construction/permit lag (44/100), institutional ownership (20/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (20/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) register low. The latent-versus-live split is 57/100 structural and 2/100 already moving. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (95/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (89/100).

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.8% year on year, and 21% higher over three years (phase confidence 35/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Around 39% of renters are cost-burdened. Roughly 14.8% live below the poverty line. The ZIP holds roughly 28,466 housing units. The tenure split is 62% owner-occupied to 38% rented. On demographic stress specifically, 17603 scores 29/100. A median home runs $262,400 here, or 3.2 times local income. About 37% have a four-year degree. About 66,788 people live here, median age 36. Households earn a median $77,156 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. The vacancy rate is 4.8%.

Net-net, 17603 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.