ZIP 01516 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 01516 (Worcester County, Massachusetts) at a moderate 33/100 for overall property distress. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (65/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100). On the structural side it scores 73/100, with 5/100 of stress already active. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (76/100), structural risk (73/100), institutional ownership (49/100). mortgage stress (18/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.0% over the trailing year, and 20% higher over three years (phase confidence 36/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Households earn a median $147,859 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. Roughly 5.0% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. About 44% have a four-year degree. Around 36% of renters are cost-burdened. On demographic stress specifically, 01516 scores 24/100. The ZIP holds roughly 3,527 housing units. 9,287 residents call 01516 home, typically aged 44. The vacancy rate is 6.6%. The tenure split is 84% owner-occupied to 16% rented. A median home runs $467,000 here, or 3.0 times local income.

Overall, 01516 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.