ZIP 17844 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Union County, Pennsylvania's ZIP 17844 registers 24/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (80/100), FEMA disaster exposure (65/100). The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (55/100), institutional ownership (54/100), construction/permit lag (40/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (22/100) register low. On the structural side it scores 55/100, with 7/100 of stress already active.

The market reads peak — home values rose 4.2% year on year, and 16% higher over three years (phase confidence 28/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

70% of housing is owner-occupied. The typical home is worth about $235,000 (3.3× income, relatively affordable). Rent burden reaches 38% of tenant households. About 21% have a four-year degree. Population is roughly 10,374 with a median age of 41. Vacancy runs 11.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. There are about 4,748 housing units across 17844. Roughly 6.5% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. Households earn a median $65,165 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 30/100.

Overall, 17844 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. 17844 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

Whether 17844 runs hot or quiet, its 24/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 17844 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Union County, Pennsylvania or nationwide. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 17844, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

Behind 17844's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. In workflow terms, 17844 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.