ZIP 01609 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 01609 in Worcester County, Massachusetts carries a composite property-distress score of 33/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (65/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100). What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (76/100), structural risk (73/100), institutional ownership (49/100). mortgage stress (18/100) stay muted. Structural risk reads 73/100 against active distress of 5/100.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.0% over the trailing year, and 23% higher over three years, at 36/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

23,184 residents call 01609 home, typically aged 29. Vacancy runs 9.8%. There are about 8,910 housing units across 01609. The tenure split is 40% owner-occupied to 60% rented. On demographic stress specifically, 01609 scores 46/100. Roughly 25.0% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Households earn a median $61,411 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. About 49% have a four-year degree. A median home runs $444,000 here, or 6.9 times local income. Rent burden reaches 51% of tenant households.

Taken together, 01609 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.