ZIP 01527 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Worcester County, Massachusetts's ZIP 01527 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). On the structural side it scores 73/100, with 5/100 of stress already active. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (65/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100)).

The peak-phase market in 01527 posted values that rose 4.0% over the year, and 23% higher over three years (phase confidence 36/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

3.9% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Population is roughly 13,899 with a median age of 43. Around 35% of renters are cost-burdened. Educational attainment sits at 33% bachelor's-or-above. The ZIP holds roughly 5,819 housing units. Owners hold 74% of homes, renters 26%. Home values center near $450,100, an affordability ratio of 3.6× — accessible. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 27/100. Median household income is $116,000, above the U.S. median near $78,000. The vacancy rate is 5.5%.

On balance 01527 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.