ZIP 01527 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Worcester County, Massachusetts, ZIP 01527 scores 29 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's distress index. The pressure is most legible in structural risk (64/100), institutional ownership (46/100), construction/permit lag (44/100). mortgage stress (18/100) stay muted. Structural risk reads 64/100 against active distress of 5/100. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (62/100)).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.5% over the trailing year, and 23% higher over three years, at 27/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

The poverty rate is 3.9% — low. About 13,899 people live here, median age 43. Around 35% of renters are cost-burdened. Educational attainment sits at 33% bachelor's-or-above. There are about 5,819 housing units across 01527. 74% of housing is owner-occupied. The typical home is worth about $450,100 (3.6× income, relatively affordable). On demographic stress specifically, 01527 scores 27/100. Households earn a median $116,000 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. The vacancy rate is 5.5%.

On balance 01527 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. There is no property file for 01527 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable records.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 01527's 29/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Worcester County, Massachusetts or any ZIP coast to coast. Where the record is thin for 01527, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

The 29/100 figure for 01527 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. Practically, 01527 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.