ZIP 01536 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Worcester County, Massachusetts's ZIP 01536 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). The latent-versus-live split is 73/100 structural and 5/100 already moving. 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 01536 posted values that rose 4.0% over the year, and 15% higher over three years (phase confidence 36/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Median household income is $105,795, above the U.S. median near $78,000. Around 46% of renters are cost-burdened. 9.0% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Population is roughly 7,119 with a median age of 43. Educational attainment sits at 48% bachelor's-or-above. The ZIP holds roughly 2,982 housing units. The vacancy rate is 6.5%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 30/100. Home values center near $470,800, an affordability ratio of 4.3×. Owners hold 77% of homes, renters 23%.

On balance 01536 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.