ZIP 17944 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 17944 in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania carries a composite property-distress score of 20/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic distress index. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (45/100), construction/permit lag (35/100), institutional ownership (13/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (13/100) and mortgage stress (8/100). The latent-versus-live split is 45/100 structural and 2/100 already moving. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (84/100)).

The market reads peak — home values rose 4.2% year on year (phase confidence 28/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 16/100. A median home runs $107,900 here, or 1.6 times local income. 12.7% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Around 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Rent burden reaches 0% of tenant households. There are about 162 housing units across 17944. Households earn a median $62,411 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. 197 residents call 17944 home, typically aged 31. The tenure split is 92% owner-occupied to 8% rented. The vacancy rate is 14.6% — elevated.

Net-net, 17944 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. 17944 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

The number is not local guesswork: 17944's 20/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. 17944 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

Behind 17944's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. Practically, 17944 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.