ZIP 17749 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP 17749's composite property-distress score is 20/100 - DLRadar classes that as low for Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Structurally it carries 44/100, against 1/100 of stress already in motion. The pressure is most legible in construction/permit lag (79/100), structural risk (44/100), mortgage stress (4/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (4/100) and institutional ownership (3/100). Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (79/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 4.2% year on year, at 28/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

218 residents call 17749 home, typically aged 53. The ZIP holds roughly 106 housing units. The vacancy rate is 9.6%. Owners hold 56% of homes, renters 44%. The poverty rate is 10.2%. Median household income is $69,375, near the U.S. median near $78,000. On demographic stress specifically, 17749 scores 27/100. Around 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Home values center near $196,900, an affordability ratio of 2.5× — accessible. Around 24% of renters are cost-burdened.

Overall, 17749 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. 17749 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

The 17749 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 20/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 17749 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Sparse data for 17749 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

The 20/100 for 17749 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. For a buyer, 17749 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.