ZIP 01921 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 01921 (Essex County, Massachusetts) at a low 27/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (61/100), construction/permit lag (57/100), institutional ownership (20/100). institutional ownership (20/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) stay muted. The latent-versus-live split is 61/100 structural and 2/100 already moving. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (96/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (92/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.3% over the trailing year, and 19% higher over three years (phase confidence 31/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

A median home runs $904,200 here, or 4.6 times local income. The ZIP holds roughly 2,910 housing units. Households earn a median $190,526 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. Around 22% of renters are cost-burdened. Roughly 2.2% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. 8,229 residents call 01921 home, typically aged 50. About 69% have a four-year degree. The tenure split is 94% owner-occupied to 6% rented. On demographic stress specifically, 01921 scores 22/100. The vacancy rate is 2.0%.

Overall, 01921 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.