ZIP 01606 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 01606 (Worcester County, Massachusetts) at a moderate 33/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (76/100), structural risk (73/100), institutional ownership (49/100). mortgage stress (18/100) stay muted. The latent-versus-live split is 73/100 structural and 5/100 already moving. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (65/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.0% over the trailing year, and 20% higher over three years (phase confidence 36/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Around 33% of renters are cost-burdened. A median home runs $370,800 here, or 3.7 times local income. The ZIP holds roughly 9,563 housing units. About 42% have a four-year degree. Households earn a median $92,537 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. The tenure split is 69% owner-occupied to 31% rented. On demographic stress specifically, 01606 scores 28/100. 22,269 residents call 01606 home, typically aged 40. Roughly 9.1% live below the poverty line. The vacancy rate is 5.3%.

Overall, 01606 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.