ZIP 01826 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Middlesex County, Massachusetts, ZIP 01826 scores 29 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (97/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (78/100). The latent-versus-live split is 67/100 structural and 2/100 already moving. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (91/100), structural risk (67/100), institutional ownership (18/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (18/100) and mortgage stress (7/100) register low.

The market reads peak — home values rose 4.3% year on year, and 16% higher over three years (phase confidence 31/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

80% of housing is owner-occupied. The poverty rate is 6.6% — low. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 30/100. Around 46% of renters are cost-burdened. The vacancy rate is 2.6%. The ZIP holds roughly 12,745 housing units. At $111,451, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. About 32,373 people live here, median age 42. Around 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The typical home is worth about $473,800 (4.2× income).

Net-net, 01826 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.