ZIP 21617 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP 21617's composite property-distress score is 20/100 - DLRadar classes that as low for Queen Anne's County, Maryland. The pressure is most legible in construction/permit lag (84/100), structural risk (49/100), institutional ownership (19/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (19/100) and mortgage stress (9/100) register low. The latent-versus-live split is 49/100 structural and 3/100 already moving. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (83/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.2% over the trailing year, and 14% higher over three years, at 21/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Rent burden reaches 47% of tenant households. Population is roughly 10,614 with a median age of 41. Median household income is $117,668, above the U.S. median near $78,000. About 40% have a four-year degree. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 29/100. The tenure split is 79% owner-occupied to 21% rented. Roughly 3.6% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. There are about 4,157 housing units across 21617. The typical home is worth about $483,700 (3.9× income, relatively affordable). Vacancy runs 6.4%.

Broadly, 21617 is a steadier market — the deals are the exceptions, not the rule. Parcel-level detail for 21617 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 21617's 20/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Queen Anne's County, Maryland or any ZIP coast to coast. Where the public record is thin for 21617, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

Each component behind 21617 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 20/100 roll-up. The point of the 21617 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.