ZIP 21822 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Wicomico County, Maryland's ZIP 21822 registers 23/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (84/100), structural risk (54/100), institutional ownership (16/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (16/100) and mortgage stress (11/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (72/100), climate & FEMA risk (63/100)). On the structural side it scores 54/100, with 3/100 of stress already active.

The expansion-phase market in 21822 posted values that rose 5.9% over the year, and 38% higher over three years (phase confidence 51/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Median household income is $51,500, below the U.S. median near $78,000. The ZIP holds roughly 1,164 housing units. Owners hold 80% of homes, renters 20%. Around 42% of renters are cost-burdened. Educational attainment sits at 22% bachelor's-or-above. Home values center near $277,700, an affordability ratio of 4.3×. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 33/100. The vacancy rate is 5.7%. 12.1% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Population is roughly 2,603 with a median age of 39.

On balance 21822 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.