ZIP 21626 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Dorchester County, Maryland, ZIP 21626 scores 16 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's distress index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (88/100). Structural exposure scores 38 and live distress 0 on the 0–100 scale. The pressure is most legible in structural risk (38/100), institutional ownership (20/100), construction/permit lag (19/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (20/100) and construction/permit lag (19/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 1.6% over the trailing year, at 20/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 56/100. The tenure split is 100% owner-occupied to 0% rented. About 145 people live here, median age 61. Educational attainment sits at 11% bachelor's-or-above. Roughly 0.0% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. The vacancy rate is 23.3% — elevated. A median home runs $631,900 here. The ZIP holds roughly 92 housing units.

On the whole, 21626 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. While 21626 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

The 21626 read uses the identical scoring model applied coast to coast, which means its 16/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 21626 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Dorchester County, Maryland. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed as records update; 21626 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.

21626's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. The point of the 21626 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.