ZIP 02053 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Norfolk County, Massachusetts's ZIP 02053 registers 23/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (80/100). The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (51/100), construction/permit lag (31/100), institutional ownership (18/100). institutional ownership (18/100) and mortgage stress (7/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 51 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 19% higher over three years, at 31/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

A median home runs $617,300 here, or 3.4 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 02053 scores 23/100. 13,251 residents call 02053 home, typically aged 40. The tenure split is 87% owner-occupied to 13% rented. Vacancy runs 0.6%. Roughly 3.1% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. Households earn a median $174,357 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. There are about 4,768 housing units across 02053. Rent burden reaches 40% of tenant households. About 62% have a four-year degree.

On balance, 02053 reads as a higher-equity, stable market where distress is selective and worth pinpointing parcel by parcel. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.