ZIP 01603 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Worcester County, Massachusetts's ZIP 01603 registers 33/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. Structural exposure scores 73 and live distress 5 on the 0–100 scale. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (65/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100). The most distinctive pressure shows up 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 28% higher over three years, at 36/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

There are about 8,441 housing units across 01603. A median home runs $331,300 here, or 4.5 times local income. Rent burden reaches 46% of tenant households. On demographic stress specifically, 01603 scores 38/100. Vacancy runs 4.4%. Roughly 17.1% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. The tenure split is 48% owner-occupied to 52% rented. Households earn a median $63,646 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. 21,034 residents call 01603 home, typically aged 35. About 24% have a four-year degree.

Overall, 01603 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.