ZIP 01550 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 01550 in Worcester County, Massachusetts carries a composite property-distress score of 33/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (76/100), structural risk (73/100), institutional ownership (49/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (18/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: 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.

The market reads peak — home values rose 4.0% year on year, and 11% higher over three years (phase confidence 36/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

At $59,397, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 16.2%. The vacancy rate is 5.1%. About 17,806 people live here, median age 41. Around 49% of renters are cost-burdened. The typical home is worth about $294,800 (4.5× income). The ZIP holds roughly 7,599 housing units. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 39/100. Around 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 44% of housing is owner-occupied.

Net-net, 01550 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.