ZIP 21223 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Baltimore County, Maryland's ZIP 21223 registers 29/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Structural exposure scores 68 and live distress 3 on the 0–100 scale. 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. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (77/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.8% over the trailing year, and 1% higher over three years, at 30/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Vacancy runs 36.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Roughly 29.2% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. 19,793 residents call 21223 home, typically aged 40. The tenure split is 34% owner-occupied to 66% rented. Households earn a median $41,828 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. On demographic stress specifically, 21223 scores 39/100. There are about 12,929 housing units across 21223. Rent burden reaches 49% of tenant households. A median home runs $110,600 here, or 2.2 times local income. About 12% have a four-year degree.

Taken together, 21223 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.