ZIP 20879 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 20879 in Montgomery County, Maryland carries a composite property-distress score of 30/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural exposure scores 68 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (92/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (81/100). What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (68/100), institutional ownership (18/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (18/100) and mortgage stress (7/100) register low.

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.8% year on year, and 9% higher over three years, at 32/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

About 26,120 people live here, median age 36. The typical home is worth about $468,100 (4.1× income). 71% of housing is owner-occupied. At $105,109, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. There are about 8,818 housing units across 20879. Around 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Vacancy runs 1.8%. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 30/100. The poverty rate is 6.6% — low. Rent burden reaches 40% of tenant households.

Net-net, 20879 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.