ZIP 01541 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 01541 in Worcester County, Massachusetts carries a composite property-distress score of 29/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic distress index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (62/100). The split runs 64/100 structural to 5/100 active on the ground. Its standout signals are structural risk (64/100), institutional ownership (46/100), construction/permit lag (44/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (18/100) register low.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.5% over the trailing year, and 18% higher over three years, at 27/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

At $150,577, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. Owners hold 95% of homes, renters 5%. Educational attainment sits at 62% bachelor's-or-above. Rent burden reaches 65% of tenant households. The poverty rate is 4.4% — low. The typical home is worth about $520,500 (3.3× income, relatively affordable). The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 26/100. The ZIP holds roughly 1,417 housing units. The vacancy rate is 6.0%. Population is roughly 3,500 with a median age of 49.

Overall, 01541 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. There is no property file for 01541 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable records.

The 01541 read uses the identical scoring model applied coast to coast, which means its 29/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 01541 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Worcester County, Massachusetts. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 01541, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

The 29/100 for 01541 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. Treat 01541 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.