ZIP 21841 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 21841 in Worcester County, Maryland carries a composite property-distress score of 24/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural risk reads 55/100 against active distress of 0/100. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (84/100), structural risk (55/100), institutional ownership (16/100). institutional ownership (16/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (71/100), climate & FEMA risk (68/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.8% over the trailing year, at 32/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

942 residents call 21841 home, typically aged 36. Households earn a median $78,036 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. A median home runs $343,000 here, or 4.2 times local income. Vacancy runs 12.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The tenure split is 63% owner-occupied to 37% rented. On demographic stress specifically, 21841 scores 38/100. Rent burden reaches 70% of tenant households. About 21% have a four-year degree. There are about 411 housing units across 21841. Roughly 9.3% live below the poverty line.

Taken together, 21841 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.