Franklin County, MA: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Every ZIP in Franklin County, Massachusetts carries a DLRadar distress score assembled from foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender records. Individual Franklin County ZIPs score between 12 and 29 on the 0–100 composite. 33 ZIP codes are tracked county-wide, averaging 18/100 distress. The county's lending-headwind score sits at 71/100 (elevated).

Currently peak, Franklin County saw prices rise 2.9% year over year, a 23/100-confidence read. This late in the run, blanket buying underperforms — the edge is parcel by parcel.

With Franklin County flat at +2.9% YoY (23/100 confidence), the discount lives in outliers and a county-wide sweep stays on the shelf. An elevated 71/100 reading is a buyer tailwind: short sales and foreclosures accelerate.

Top distress by ZIP runs 01331 (29/100), 01054 (18/100), 01072 (18/100), 01093 (18/100), 01301 (18/100), 01330 (18/100), listed with every scored ZIP below. Also scored across the county: 01337, 01338, 01339, 01340, 01341, 01342, 01344, 01346, 01347, 01349.

Profile-wise, the ZIPs DLRadar tracks across Franklin County come in at vacancy near 11.5%, 78% of homes owner-occupied, household income averaging about $73,201, roughly at the national median, median home values around $331,964 (near the national figure), 10.3% of households below the poverty line, residents with a median age around 48.6. Taken together, they frame both the distress on offer and the exit velocity.

Franklin County, Massachusetts's 18/100 average over 33 ZIPs says the edge is selective acquisition for a disciplined buyer. A DLRadar subscription opens every Franklin County parcel: owner, mailing address, APN, a distress score plus a funding-to-closing path.

Whether Franklin County, Massachusetts carries heavy distress or only a handful of flagged parcels, every score here is built the same deterministic way — from recorded foreclosures, tax delinquency, liens and lender stress — so Franklin County can be compared directly against any county in the country.

Used properly, Franklin County, Massachusetts's scores are a triage layer: they rank where motivated sellers cluster so acquisition spend goes to the ZIPs that convert rather than across Franklin County as a whole. These Franklin County numbers come straight from public filings and refresh as new ones post; a missing source produces a blank field, never an estimate.

Drilling in, Franklin County's highest-scoring ZIPs are 01331 (29/100), 01054 (18/100), 01072 (18/100), 01093 (18/100), 01301 (18/100), 01330 (18/100). DLRadar also scores 01337, 01338, 01339, 01340, 01341, 01342, 01344, 01346 and more across the county. Every one of these is scored independently — a ZIP's composite reflects its own recorded distress, which is why the county average alone hides where the real pressure sits.

The Franklin County score is not a single measure but a composite: foreclosure activity, mortgage and tax-lien stress, and local lender headwind each feed it, which is why understanding the components matters as much as the headline number.