ZIP 01504 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Worcester County, Massachusetts's ZIP 01504 registers 33/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (65/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100). The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (76/100), structural risk (73/100), institutional ownership (49/100). mortgage stress (18/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 73 and live distress 5 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.0% over the trailing year, and 19% higher over three years, at 36/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

9,211 residents call 01504 home, typically aged 44. Roughly 4.9% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. There are about 4,013 housing units across 01504. Vacancy runs 2.7%. A median home runs $404,400 here, or 4.0 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 01504 scores 29/100. About 35% have a four-year degree. Households earn a median $98,986 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. The tenure split is 74% owner-occupied to 26% rented. Rent burden reaches 43% of tenant households.

Overall, 01504 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.