ZIP 17888 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Columbia County, Pennsylvania, ZIP 17888 scores 21 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural risk reads 48/100 against active distress of 0/100. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (57/100), structural risk (48/100), institutional ownership (17/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (17/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (74/100), climate & FEMA risk (64/100).

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

Roughly 19.3% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. On demographic stress specifically, 17888 scores 23/100. Vacancy runs 14.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. About 497 people live here, median age 48. A median home runs $156,300 here. There are about 205 housing units across 17888. The tenure split is 91% owner-occupied to 9% rented. Rent burden reaches 15% of tenant households. About 35% have a four-year degree.

Net-net, 17888 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.