ZIP 01074 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Worcester County, Massachusetts, ZIP 01074 scores 33 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (65/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100)). Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (76/100), structural risk (73/100), institutional ownership (49/100). Structural exposure scores 73 and live distress 0 on the 0–100 scale.

The peak-phase market in 01074 posted values that rose 4.0% over the year, at 36/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Households earn a median $76,859 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. Population is roughly 749 with a median age of 35. There are about 222 housing units across 01074. Vacancy runs 17.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The tenure split is 18% owner-occupied to 82% rented. On demographic stress specifically, 01074 scores 49/100. Rent burden reaches 31% of tenant households. About 4% have a four-year degree. Roughly 41.7% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory.

On the whole, 01074 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.