ZIP 01951 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 01951 in Essex County, Massachusetts carries a composite property-distress score of 27/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (96/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (92/100). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (61/100), construction/permit lag (57/100), institutional ownership (20/100). institutional ownership (20/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 61 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.3% over the trailing year, and 23% higher over three years, at 31/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

2,938 residents call 01951 home, typically aged 58. A median home runs $854,700 here, or 4.6 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 01951 scores 28/100. Vacancy runs 22.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Households earn a median $175,779 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. Roughly 5.0% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. The tenure split is 88% owner-occupied to 12% rented. Rent burden reaches 35% of tenant households. There are about 1,874 housing units across 01951. About 61% have a four-year degree.

Taken together, 01951 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.