ZIP 21850 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 21850 in Wicomico County, Maryland carries a composite property-distress score of 23/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural exposure scores 54 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (87/100), structural risk (54/100), institutional ownership (16/100). institutional ownership (16/100) and mortgage stress (7/100) stay muted. 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 1% lower over three years, at 57/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

There are about 1,693 housing units across 21850. Vacancy runs 5.3%. The tenure split is 86% owner-occupied to 14% rented. On demographic stress specifically, 21850 scores 27/100. About 11% have a four-year degree. Roughly 10.3% live below the poverty line. A median home runs $234,500 here, or 2.9 times local income. Rent burden reaches 31% of tenant households. 3,733 residents call 21850 home, typically aged 44. Households earn a median $76,667 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure.

Overall, 21850 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.