ZIP 21872 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Worcester County, Maryland's ZIP 21872 registers 24/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Structural exposure scores 55 and live distress 5 on the 0–100 scale. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (84/100), structural risk (55/100), mortgage stress (17/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (17/100) and institutional ownership (16/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (71/100), climate & FEMA risk (68/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.8% year on year, and 33% higher over three years, at 32/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

92% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Vacancy runs 4.8%. At $114,625, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. About 675 people live here, median age 32. There are about 286 housing units across 21872. The typical home is worth about $433,300 (3.4× income, relatively affordable). Rent burden reaches 0% of tenant households. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 18/100. The poverty rate is 5.6% — low.

Overall 21872 looks resilient on the surface, so the edge is isolating individual stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.