ZIP 21229 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 21229 in Baltimore County, Maryland carries a composite property-distress score of 29/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural risk reads 66/100 against active distress of 3/100. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (79/100). What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (90/100), structural risk (66/100), institutional ownership (18/100). institutional ownership (18/100) and mortgage stress (9/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.8% over the trailing year, and 12% higher over three years, at 30/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

44,687 residents call 21229 home, typically aged 38. A median home runs $201,300 here, or 3.3 times local income. There are about 21,006 housing units across 21229. About 22% have a four-year degree. Households earn a median $55,457 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. On demographic stress specifically, 21229 scores 34/100. Vacancy runs 10.3%. Roughly 16.9% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. The tenure split is 55% owner-occupied to 45% rented. Rent burden reaches 48% of tenant households.

Overall, 21229 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.