ZIP 17985 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania's ZIP 17985 registers 20/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (76/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (65/100)). The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (45/100), construction/permit lag (36/100), institutional ownership (15/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (15/100) and mortgage stress (8/100). Structural exposure scores 45 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale.

The expansion-phase market in 17985 posted values that rose 5.5% over the year, at 32/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

The typical home is worth about $179,700 (2.6× income, relatively affordable). There are about 672 housing units across 17985. 87% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Population is roughly 1,265 with a median age of 51. Rent burden reaches 58% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 17.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. At $69,375, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 5.2% — low. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 30/100.

On the whole, 17985 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.