ZIP 17981 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 17981 in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania carries a composite property-distress score of 20/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. 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. Structural exposure scores 44 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.5% year on year, and 12% higher over three years, at 32/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

The tenure split is 79% owner-occupied to 21% rented. A median home runs $92,700 here, or 1.2 times local income. Roughly 9.5% live below the poverty line. About 12% have a four-year degree. There are about 1,045 housing units across 17981. On demographic stress specifically, 17981 scores 23/100. About 2,619 people live here, median age 45. Rent burden reaches 32% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 10.7%. Households earn a median $70,789 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure.

Net-net, 17981 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.