ZIP 17901 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 17901 in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania carries a composite property-distress score of 20/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic distress index. Structurally it carries 45/100, against 2/100 of stress already in motion. Its heaviest discrete signals: structural risk (45/100), construction/permit lag (35/100), institutional ownership (13/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (13/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) register low. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (84/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.2% over the trailing year, and 20% higher over three years, at 28/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

There are about 11,278 housing units across 17901. 71% of housing is owner-occupied. Home values center near $152,100, an affordability ratio of 2.1× — accessible. Vacancy runs 12.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. On demographic stress specifically, 17901 scores 27/100. Median household income is $61,632, below the U.S. median near $78,000. About 23% have a four-year degree. Around 37% of renters are cost-burdened. About 22,557 people live here, median age 45. Roughly 14.3% live below the poverty line.

Net-net, 17901 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. No parcel file is published for 17901 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 17901's 20/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania or any ZIP coast to coast. Where the record is thin for 17901, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

17901'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, 17901 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.