ZIP 21826 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 21826 (Wicomico County, Maryland) lands at 23/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (87/100), structural risk (54/100), institutional ownership (16/100). institutional ownership (16/100) and mortgage stress (7/100) stay muted. On the structural side it scores 54/100, with 2/100 of stress already active. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (67/100), climate & FEMA risk (64/100).

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 6.9% over the trailing year, and 9% higher over three years (phase confidence 57/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

Households earn a median $63,472 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. On demographic stress specifically, 21826 scores 32/100. The vacancy rate is 7.4%. About 39% have a four-year degree. Around 51% of renters are cost-burdened. The ZIP holds roughly 2,044 housing units. Roughly 15.5% live below the poverty line. A median home runs $223,100 here, or 3.3 times local income. 5,656 residents call 21826 home, typically aged 32. The tenure split is 64% owner-occupied to 36% rented.

Overall, 21826 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.