ZIP 01543 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

DLRadar grades ZIP 01543 (Worcester County, Massachusetts) at a moderate 33/100 for overall property distress. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (65/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100). The latent-versus-live split is 73/100 structural and 5/100 already moving. Property-level stress concentrates 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 23% higher over three years (phase confidence 36/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

A median home runs $462,800 here, or 2.8 times local income. The vacancy rate is 5.1%. Households earn a median $155,504 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. The ZIP holds roughly 3,392 housing units. Roughly 2.1% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. On demographic stress specifically, 01543 scores 21/100. Around 25% of renters are cost-burdened. 9,202 residents call 01543 home, typically aged 40. About 42% have a four-year degree. The tenure split is 89% owner-occupied to 11% rented.

Overall, 01543 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.