ZIP 01518 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Worcester County, Massachusetts's ZIP 01518 registers 33/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. 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). 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 peak-phase market in 01518 posted values that rose 4.0% over the year, and 20% higher over three years (phase confidence 36/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Median household income is $111,193, above the U.S. median near $78,000. 7.4% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Owners hold 72% of homes, renters 28%. The vacancy rate is 3.4%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 25/100. Educational attainment sits at 47% bachelor's-or-above. Around 26% of renters are cost-burdened. The ZIP holds roughly 1,228 housing units. Population is roughly 2,835 with a median age of 39. Home values center near $452,900, an affordability ratio of 3.7× — accessible.

On balance 01518 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.