ZIP 21502 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Allegany County, Maryland's ZIP 21502 registers 15/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Structural exposure scores 34 and live distress 3 on the 0–100 scale. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (34/100), institutional ownership (20/100), mortgage stress (10/100). institutional ownership (20/100) and mortgage stress (10/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (92/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.8% over the trailing year, and 19% higher over three years, at 32/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The tenure split is 70% owner-occupied to 30% rented. Vacancy runs 14.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 39% of tenant households. On demographic stress specifically, 21502 scores 30/100. 41,810 residents call 21502 home, typically aged 43. Roughly 16.1% live below the poverty line. A median home runs $153,700 here, or 2.6 times local income. There are about 19,416 housing units across 21502. Households earn a median $58,721 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. About 20% have a four-year degree.

Taken together, 21502 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.