ZIP 20817 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 20817 (Montgomery County, Maryland) at a moderate 30/100 for overall property distress. Structural exposure scores 68 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (92/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (81/100)). Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (68/100), institutional ownership (18/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (18/100) and mortgage stress (7/100).

The peak-phase market in 20817 posted values that rose 2.8% over the year, and 18% higher over three years, at 32/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Owners hold 82% of homes, renters 18%. There are about 14,357 housing units across 20817. Population is roughly 37,738 with a median age of 46. Vacancy runs 5.4%. Home values center near $1,183,600, an affordability ratio of 4.8×. Educational attainment sits at 85% bachelor's-or-above. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 25/100. Median household income is $240,104, above the U.S. median near $78,000. 4.2% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Rent burden reaches 34% of tenant households.

On balance 20817 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.