ZIP 01029 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Berkshire County, Massachusetts, ZIP 01029 scores 19 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural risk reads 41/100 against active distress of 2/100. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (50/100), structural risk (41/100), mortgage stress (5/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (5/100) and institutional ownership (5/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (84/100)).

The peak-phase market in 01029 posted values that rose 1.3% over the year, 3.0% off the recent peak, at 30/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Population is roughly 652 with a median age of 58. A median home runs $467,600 here, or 4.7 times local income. There are about 903 housing units across 01029. Roughly 2.5% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. The tenure split is 94% owner-occupied to 6% rented. Vacancy runs 68.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Households earn a median $99,188 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. About 35% have a four-year degree. Rent burden reaches 100% of tenant households. On demographic stress specifically, 01029 scores 44/100.

On the whole, 01029 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.