ZIP 01721 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Middlesex County, Massachusetts's ZIP 01721 registers 25/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (97/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (77/100)). Structurally it carries 56/100, against 2/100 of stress already in motion. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (56/100), construction/permit lag (47/100), institutional ownership (17/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (17/100) and mortgage stress (7/100) register low.

The peak-phase market in 01721 posted values that rose 2.9% over the year, and 23% higher over three years, at 23/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Vacancy runs 5.3%. The tenure split is 76% owner-occupied to 24% rented. The poverty rate is 4.1% — low. There are about 8,094 housing units across 01721. 18,694 residents call 01721 home, typically aged 42. About 60% have a four-year degree. Households earn a median $127,106 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 28/100. Around 37% of renters are cost-burdened. A median home runs $611,700 here, or 4.6 times local income.

Net-net, 01721 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Parcel-level detail for 01721 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

No ZIP is too small to score: 01721 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 25/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. Where the public record is thin for 01721, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

The 25/100 for 01721 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. Treat 01721 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.