ZIP 17844 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 17844 (Union County, Pennsylvania) lands at 25/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (80/100), FEMA disaster exposure (73/100)). The sharpest non-environmental signals are institutional ownership (58/100), structural risk (55/100), construction/permit lag (36/100). On the quiet end sit construction/permit lag (36/100) and mortgage stress (22/100). Structural risk reads 55/100 against active distress of 7/100.

The expansion-phase market in 17844 posted values that rose 5.5% over the year, and 16% higher over three years, at 32/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

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. Around 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 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. The poverty rate is 6.5% — low. At $65,165, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 30/100.

On balance 17844 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.