ZIP 17859 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 17859 in Columbia County, Pennsylvania carries a composite property-distress score of 16/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural exposure scores 37 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale. The pressure is most legible in structural risk (37/100), institutional ownership (17/100), construction/permit lag (13/100). On the quiet end sit construction/permit lag (13/100) and mortgage stress (8/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (74/100), climate & FEMA risk (64/100)).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.2% over the trailing year, and 54% higher over three years (phase confidence 28/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The typical home is worth about $224,800 (3.0× income, relatively affordable). DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 25/100. About 2,637 people live here, median age 51. The ZIP holds roughly 1,336 housing units. The poverty rate is 5.7% — low. At $70,577, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. The vacancy rate is 20.3% — elevated. Educational attainment sits at 23% bachelor's-or-above. 90% of housing is owner-occupied. Rent burden reaches 27% of tenant households.

On the whole, 17859 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Parcel-level detail for 17859 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

The number is not local guesswork: 17859's 16/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. 17859 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

17859's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. For an operator, 17859 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.