ZIP 21661 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 21661 in Kent County, Maryland carries a composite property-distress score of 16/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (89/100). What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (56/100), structural risk (40/100), institutional ownership (20/100). institutional ownership (20/100) and mortgage stress (11/100) stay muted. Structural risk reads 40/100 against active distress of 3/100.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.0% over the trailing year, and 16% higher over three years, at 44/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

A median home runs $283,200 here, or 3.0 times local income. Households earn a median $87,778 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. There are about 1,784 housing units across 21661. Vacancy runs 33.5%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. About 37% have a four-year degree. On demographic stress specifically, 21661 scores 27/100. The tenure split is 77% owner-occupied to 23% rented. Roughly 10.3% live below the poverty line. 2,400 residents call 21661 home, typically aged 59. Rent burden reaches 28% of tenant households.

Taken together, 21661 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.