ZIP 21205 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Baltimore County, Maryland's ZIP 21205 registers 29/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (77/100). The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (98/100), structural risk (68/100), institutional ownership (17/100). institutional ownership (17/100) and mortgage stress (9/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 68 and live distress 3 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.8% over the trailing year, and 15% higher over three years, at 30/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

There are about 6,291 housing units across 21205. On demographic stress specifically, 21205 scores 39/100. A median home runs $96,100 here, or 2.5 times local income. Vacancy runs 19.6%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The tenure split is 37% owner-occupied to 63% rented. Roughly 37.0% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. About 16% have a four-year degree. Households earn a median $38,723 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. 13,665 residents call 21205 home, typically aged 35. Rent burden reaches 44% of tenant households.

Taken together, 21205 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.