ZIP 17972 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 17972 in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania carries a composite property-distress score of 20/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural risk reads 44/100 against active distress of 2/100. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (84/100). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (44/100), construction/permit lag (28/100), institutional ownership (14/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (14/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) register low.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.5% year on year, and 13% higher over three years, at 32/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 11,294 people live here, median age 43. Households earn a median $67,998 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The tenure split is 74% owner-occupied to 26% rented. There are about 5,186 housing units across 17972. A median home runs $169,600 here, or 2.4 times local income. Vacancy runs 9.8%. Roughly 5.8% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. On demographic stress specifically, 17972 scores 22/100. Rent burden reaches 12% of tenant households. About 21% have a four-year degree.

Net-net, 17972 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.