ZIP 21814 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Composite property distress in 21814 (Wicomico County, Maryland) lands at 20/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Latent structural risk is 46/100 while live distress already moving reads 0/100. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (54/100), structural risk (46/100), institutional ownership (16/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (16/100). It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (67/100), climate & FEMA risk (64/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.7% over the trailing year, 1.3% off the recent peak, at 33/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Roughly 22.0% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. On demographic stress specifically, 21814 scores 33/100. Vacancy runs 37.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. About 0% have a four-year degree. Population is roughly 205 with a median age of 47. The tenure split is 100% owner-occupied to 0% rented. There are about 184 housing units across 21814.

Taken together, 21814 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. 21814 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

The 21814 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 20/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 21814 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Wicomico County, Maryland. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 21814 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

21814's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. The point of the 21814 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.