ZIP 17978 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, ZIP 17978 scores 25 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (88/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (62/100). Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (72/100), structural risk (57/100), institutional ownership (14/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (14/100) and mortgage stress (6/100) register low. Structural exposure scores 57 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.5% year on year, at 34/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Vacancy runs 6.8%. There are about 216 housing units across 17978. The tenure split is 61% owner-occupied to 39% rented. Households earn a median $59,444 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. A median home runs $275,000 here, or 3.9 times local income. Roughly 4.9% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. About 670 people live here, median age 35. On demographic stress specifically, 17978 scores 29/100. About 1% have a four-year degree. Rent burden reaches 0% of tenant households.

Net-net, 17978 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.