ZIP 01531 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Worcester County, Massachusetts's ZIP 01531 registers 33/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. Structural risk reads 73/100 against active distress of 5/100. 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.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.0% over the trailing year, and 6% higher over three years, at 36/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The tenure split is 86% owner-occupied to 14% rented. Rent burden reaches 69% of tenant households. 925 residents call 01531 home, typically aged 50. There are about 404 housing units across 01531. A median home runs $408,800 here, or 3.9 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 01531 scores 33/100. Vacancy runs 4.0%. Roughly 11.8% live below the poverty line. About 37% have a four-year degree. Households earn a median $99,375 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure.

Overall, 01531 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.