ZIP 21601 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Talbot County, Maryland's ZIP 21601 registers 15/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Structural exposure scores 36 and live distress 3 on the 0–100 scale. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (36/100), construction/permit lag (25/100), institutional ownership (19/100). institutional ownership (19/100) and mortgage stress (10/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (82/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.8% over the trailing year, and 15% 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 67% owner-occupied to 33% rented. Roughly 11.3% live below the poverty line. 24,095 residents call 21601 home, typically aged 49. On demographic stress specifically, 21601 scores 33/100. A median home runs $376,400 here, or 4.5 times local income. Vacancy runs 10.5%. About 41% have a four-year degree. There are about 11,710 housing units across 21601. Households earn a median $81,837 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. Rent burden reaches 43% of tenant households.

On balance, 21601 reads as a higher-equity, stable market where distress is selective and worth pinpointing parcel by parcel. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.