ZIP 21872 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Worcester County, Maryland · Distress market
Composite property distress in 21872 (Worcester County, Maryland) lands at 23/100 — low on DLRadar's distress scoring. Structural risk reads 54/100 against active distress of 5/100. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (80/100), structural risk (54/100), mortgage stress (17/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (17/100) and institutional ownership (16/100) register low. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (69/100), climate & FEMA risk (68/100)).
The peak-phase market in 21872 posted values that rose 1.6% over the year, and 33% higher over three years (phase confidence 20/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.
The tenure split is 92% owner-occupied to 8% rented. Educational attainment sits at 46% bachelor's-or-above. The vacancy rate is 4.8%. Households earn a median $114,625 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. About 675 people live here, median age 32. The ZIP holds roughly 286 housing units. A median home runs $433,300 here, or 3.4 times local income. Rent burden reaches 0% of tenant households. On demographic stress specifically, 21872 scores 18/100. 5.6% of residents fall below the poverty threshold.
Overall, 21872 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. No parcel file is published for 21872 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.
The number is not local guesswork: 21872's 23/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Sparse data for 21872 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.
Each component behind 21872 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 23/100 roll-up. In workflow terms, 21872 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.
Distress signal breakdown — ZIP 21872
Tax arrears, institutional buyers, insurance load, flood exposure, stalled construction, dislocated pricing and auction velocity — together with the 0 individual distressed properties come with owner, address, APN, an individual score and an exit read in the complete report.
Snapshot: 21872 by the numbers
Real-time distress, cycle phase, housing and bank-stress readings for 21872, the same set carried on every parcel.
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