ZIP 21874 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Wicomico County, Maryland, ZIP 21874 scores 23 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural risk reads 54/100 against active distress of 2/100. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (85/100), 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 22% higher over three years, at 57/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

A median home runs $236,700 here, or 2.9 times local income. Households earn a median $74,545 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. Vacancy runs 7.0%. Roughly 26.0% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. There are about 815 housing units across 21874. Rent burden reaches 40% of tenant households. 1,847 residents call 21874 home, typically aged 40. On demographic stress specifically, 21874 scores 32/100. The tenure split is 71% owner-occupied to 29% rented. About 19% have a four-year degree.

Taken together, 21874 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.