ZIP 01581 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Worcester County, Massachusetts · High Value market
In Worcester County, Massachusetts, ZIP 01581 scores 29 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's distress index. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (64/100), institutional ownership (46/100), construction/permit lag (44/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (18/100) register low. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (62/100). Structural exposure scores 64 and live distress 5 on the 0–100 scale.
The peak-phase market in 01581 posted values that rose 2.5% over the year, and 20% higher over three years, at 27/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.
The vacancy rate is 4.1%. The poverty rate is 5.0% — low. Around 29% of renters are cost-burdened. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 28/100. There are about 8,342 housing units across 01581. Population is roughly 21,591 with a median age of 39. Median household income is $134,474, above the U.S. median near $78,000. Home values center near $685,300, an affordability ratio of 4.7×. Around 66% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 61% of housing is owner-occupied.
On balance 01581 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. No parcel file is published for 01581 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.
The 01581 read uses the identical scoring model applied coast to coast, which means its 29/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 01581 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Worcester County, Massachusetts. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 01581, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.
01581's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. For an operator, 01581 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.
Signal-by-signal read on 01581
Tax arrears, institutional buyers, insurance load, flood exposure, stalled construction, dislocated pricing and auction velocity — together with the 0 individual distressed properties — each with owner, address, APN, its own distress score and an exit read — are in the full report.
Snapshot: 01581 by the numbers
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