ZIP 21779 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 21779 in Washington County, Maryland carries a composite property-distress score of 15/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural risk reads 34/100 against active distress of 0/100. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (69/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (64/100). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (34/100), institutional ownership (15/100), construction/permit lag (3/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (15/100) and construction/permit lag (3/100) register low.

The market reads peak — home values rose 0.7% year on year, 4.2% off the recent peak, and 22% higher over three years, at 48/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Vacancy runs 4.0%. 57% of housing is owner-occupied. At $80,743, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. Around 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The typical home is worth about $608,800 (6.8× income). There are about 486 housing units across 21779. About 1,449 people live here, median age 41. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 48/100. Rent burden reaches 86% of tenant households. The poverty rate is 12.3%.

Net-net, 21779 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.