ZIP 01473 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Scored on a fixed 0-100 scale, 01473 (Worcester County, Massachusetts) returns a low composite of 29/100. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (62/100), FEMA disaster exposure (60/100)). Structural risk reads 64/100 against active distress of 5/100. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (64/100), institutional ownership (46/100), construction/permit lag (44/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (18/100).

The peak-phase market in 01473 posted values that rose 2.5% over the year, and 22% higher over three years (phase confidence 27/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Vacancy runs 5.6%. The poverty rate is 2.7% — low. There are about 3,499 housing units across 01473. Population is roughly 8,289 with a median age of 48. On demographic stress specifically, 01473 scores 28/100. Around 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Around 52% of renters are cost-burdened. 88% of housing is owner-occupied. 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. While 01473 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

Big metro or rural, 01473 runs through one identical scoring model, so its 29/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Worcester County, Massachusetts and the nation. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 01473, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

The 29/100 figure for 01473 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. For an operator, 01473 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.