ZIP 21737 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Howard County, Maryland's ZIP 21737 registers 24/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Structural exposure scores 55 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (71/100), structural risk (55/100), institutional ownership (16/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (16/100) and mortgage stress (6/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (78/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (68/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.8% year on year, and 39% higher over three years, at 30/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

The typical home is worth about $996,400 (4.1× income). The poverty rate is 0.8% — low. About 2,384 people live here, median age 38. At $250,001, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. 92% of housing is owner-occupied. Vacancy runs 0.0%. Around 74% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 18/100. There are about 739 housing units across 21737. Rent burden reaches 0% of tenant households.

Overall 21737 looks resilient on the surface, so the edge is isolating individual stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.