ZIP 21740 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 21740 (Washington County, Maryland) lands at 15/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Structural exposure scores 34 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (34/100), institutional ownership (15/100), mortgage stress (7/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (7/100) and construction/permit lag (3/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (69/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (64/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 0.7% year on year, 4.2% off the recent peak, and 23% higher over three years, at 48/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

About 63,140 people live here, median age 39. 55% of housing is owner-occupied. The typical home is worth about $262,300 (4.1× income). Vacancy runs 7.7%. There are about 27,339 housing units across 21740. The poverty rate is 17.2% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 36/100. Rent burden reaches 41% of tenant households. Around 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. At $59,410, median income runs below typical U.S. levels.

Net-net, 21740 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.