ZIP 21648 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 21648 in Dorchester County, Maryland carries a composite property-distress score of 22/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (73/100), structural risk (51/100), institutional ownership (20/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (20/100). The latent-versus-live split is 51/100 structural and 0/100 already moving. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (88/100)).

The peak-phase market in 21648 posted values that rose 2.8% over the year (phase confidence 32/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Around 100% of renters are cost-burdened. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 41/100. Population is roughly 104 with a median age of 62. Home values center near $195,000. 6.1% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. The ZIP holds roughly 89 housing units. Owners hold 98% of homes, renters 3%. The vacancy rate is 31.0% — elevated. Educational attainment sits at 15% bachelor's-or-above.

On the whole, 21648 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.

22/100
Composite stress
51/100
Structural risk
0/100
Distress activity

Distress signal breakdown — ZIP 21648

Foreclosure activity0
Mortgage stress0
Climate / FEMA risk53
+9 more distress dimensions scored for this ZIP

Tax delinquency, institutional ownership, insurance pressure, NFIP/flood, construction lag, price dislocation and auction velocity — plus the 0 individual distressed properties (owner, address, APN, per-property score and exit read) are in the full DLRadar report.

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