ZIP 01852 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Middlesex County, Massachusetts's ZIP 01852 registers 25/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (97/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (77/100). Leading the profile are structural risk (56/100), construction/permit lag (47/100), institutional ownership (17/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (17/100) and mortgage stress (7/100). Structural risk reads 56/100 against active distress of 2/100.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.9% over the trailing year, and 20% higher over three years, at 23/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

About 36,700 people live here, median age 38. The vacancy rate is 3.6%. A median home runs $424,300 here, or 5.2 times local income. Median household income is $77,058, near the U.S. median near $78,000. The tenure split is 46% owner-occupied to 54% rented. There are about 15,636 housing units across 01852. About 33% have a four-year degree. Rent burden reaches 41% of tenant households. 13.3% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. On demographic stress specifically, 01852 scores 37/100.

Net-net, 01852 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Parcel-level detail for 01852 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

The 01852 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 25/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 01852 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Middlesex County, Massachusetts. 01852 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

The 25/100 for 01852 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. In workflow terms, 01852 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.