ZIP 01473 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Worcester County, Massachusetts's ZIP 01473 registers 33/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (65/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100)). The latent-versus-live split is 73/100 structural and 5/100 already moving. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (76/100), structural risk (73/100), institutional ownership (49/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (18/100).

The peak-phase market in 01473 posted values that rose 4.0% over the year, and 22% higher over three years (phase confidence 36/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

The vacancy rate is 5.6%. 2.7% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. The ZIP holds roughly 3,499 housing units. Population is roughly 8,289 with a median age of 48. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 28/100. Educational attainment sits at 41% bachelor's-or-above. Around 52% of renters are cost-burdened. Owners hold 88% of homes, renters 12%. Median household income is $101,161, above the U.S. median near $78,000. Home values center near $422,000, an affordability ratio of 3.9× — accessible.

On balance 01473 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.