ZIP 21217 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 21217 (Baltimore County, Maryland) at a low 29/100 for overall property distress. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (77/100). On the structural side it scores 68/100, with 3/100 of stress already active. Property-level stress concentrates 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.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.8% over the trailing year, and 17% higher over three years (phase confidence 30/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Households earn a median $37,207 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Roughly 30.5% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. The ZIP holds roughly 19,995 housing units. Around 47% of renters are cost-burdened. About 22% have a four-year degree. On demographic stress specifically, 21217 scores 44/100. 31,125 residents call 21217 home, typically aged 40. The vacancy rate is 25.5% — elevated. The tenure split is 33% owner-occupied to 67% rented. A median home runs $180,100 here, or 4.7 times local income.

Taken together, 21217 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.