ZIP 01581 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Worcester County, Massachusetts's ZIP 01581 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). Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (65/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100)). On the structural side it scores 73/100, with 5/100 of stress already active.

The peak-phase market in 01581 posted values that rose 4.0% over the year, and 20% higher over three years (phase confidence 36/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

The vacancy rate is 4.1%. 5.0% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Around 29% of renters are cost-burdened. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 28/100. The ZIP holds roughly 8,342 housing units. 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×. Educational attainment sits at 66% bachelor's-or-above. Owners hold 61% of homes, renters 39%.

On balance 01581 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.