ZIP 17837 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 17837 in Union County, Pennsylvania carries a composite property-distress score of 25/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural risk reads 55/100 against active distress of 7/100. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (80/100), FEMA disaster exposure (73/100). What sets it apart are the readings on institutional ownership (58/100), structural risk (55/100), construction/permit lag (36/100). By contrast, construction/permit lag (36/100) and mortgage stress (22/100) register low.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.5% year on year, and 19% higher over three years, at 32/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 18,312 people live here, median age 37. The tenure split is 64% owner-occupied to 36% rented. Vacancy runs 10.2%. Roughly 10.1% live below the poverty line. There are about 6,472 housing units across 17837. Rent burden reaches 38% of tenant households. A median home runs $288,100 here, or 3.3 times local income. About 41% have a four-year degree. Households earn a median $80,488 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. On demographic stress specifically, 17837 scores 28/100.

Net-net, 17837 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.