ZIP 01604 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Worcester County, Massachusetts · Distress market
In Worcester County, Massachusetts, ZIP 01604 scores 29 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's distress index. The pressure is most legible in structural risk (63/100), institutional ownership (45/100), construction/permit lag (44/100). mortgage stress (18/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 63 and live distress 5 on the 0–100 scale. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (62/100).
The market reads peak — home values rose 2.5% year on year, and 22% higher over three years, at 27/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.
Owners hold 43% of homes, renters 57%. About 39,988 people live here, median age 38. The poverty rate is 15.3%. Rent burden reaches 36% of tenant households. There are about 18,337 housing units across 01604. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 35/100. Households earn a median $72,911 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. Vacancy runs 7.7%. Around 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Home values center near $352,500, an affordability ratio of 4.4×.
Overall, 01604 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. While 01604 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.
Big metro or rural, 01604 runs through one identical scoring model, so its 29/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Worcester County, Massachusetts and the nation. Where the record is thin for 01604, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.
The 29/100 for 01604 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. Practically, 01604 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.
What is driving ZIP 01604’s distress
Tax arrears, institutional buyers, insurance load, flood exposure, stalled construction, dislocated pricing and auction velocity — together with the 0 individual distressed properties (owner, address, APN, per-property score and exit read) are in the full DLRadar report.
ZIP 01604 Stress Report snapshot
Real-time distress, cycle phase, housing and bank-stress readings for 01604, the same set carried on every parcel.
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The full 01604 file lists each distressed parcel with owner, address, APN, per-property score, bank exposure and exit-velocity read, and carries it straight through to owner and lender records. Refreshed continuously.
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