ZIP 20626 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 20626 in St. Mary'S County, Maryland carries a composite property-distress score of 17/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural exposure scores 40 and live distress 0 on the 0–100 scale. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (44/100), structural risk (40/100), institutional ownership (16/100). institutional ownership (16/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (68/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.6% over the trailing year, 1.9% off the recent peak, at 24/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

On demographic stress specifically, 20626 scores 17/100. Rent burden reaches 0% of tenant households. Households earn a median $53,143 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Roughly 21.2% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Vacancy runs 19.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. 198 residents call 20626 home, typically aged 69. There are about 173 housing units across 20626. About 53% have a four-year degree. The tenure split is 93% owner-occupied to 7% rented.

Taken together, 20626 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.