ZIP 17921 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, ZIP 17921 scores 20 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (83/100)). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (44/100), construction/permit lag (30/100), institutional ownership (14/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (14/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) register low. The split runs 44/100 structural to 2/100 active on the ground.

The market reads peak — home values rose 4.2% year on year, and 42% higher over three years, at 28/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Owners hold 78% of homes, renters 22%. Households earn a median $71,600 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. Home values center near $149,500, an affordability ratio of 1.9× — accessible. There are about 2,921 housing units across 17921. Vacancy runs 17.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 27/100. About 7,029 people live here, median age 45. The poverty rate is 12.0%. Around 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Rent burden reaches 40% of tenant households.

Taken together, 17921 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. While 17921 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

No ZIP is too small to score: 17921 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 20/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 17921 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

The 20/100 figure for 17921 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. For an operator, 17921 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.