ZIP 02053 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Norfolk County, Massachusetts · Distress market
On DLRadar's 0-100 distress scale, ZIP 02053 in Norfolk County, Massachusetts comes in at 20, a low composite-distress reading. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (79/100). Leading the profile are structural risk (43/100), institutional ownership (18/100), mortgage stress (7/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (18/100) and mortgage stress (7/100) register low. Latent structural risk is 43/100 while live distress already moving reads 2/100.
The peak-phase market in 02053 posted values that rose 2.9% over the year, and 19% higher over three years, at 23/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.
The typical home is worth about $617,300 (3.4× income, relatively affordable). On demographic stress specifically, 02053 scores 23/100. 13,251 residents call 02053 home, typically aged 40. 87% of housing is owner-occupied. The vacancy rate is 0.6%. The poverty rate is 3.1% — low. Median household income is $174,357, above the U.S. median near $78,000. The ZIP holds roughly 4,768 housing units. Around 40% of renters are cost-burdened. Around 62% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Overall 02053 looks resilient on the surface, so the edge is isolating individual stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.
Big metro or rural, 02053 runs through one identical scoring model, so its 20/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Norfolk County, Massachusetts and the nation. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 02053, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.
Behind 02053's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. In workflow terms, 02053 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.
Distress signal breakdown — ZIP 02053
Delinquent tax, institutional holdings, insurance strain, flood/NFIP exposure, build-out lag, price dislocation and auction pace — along with the 0 individual distressed properties are listed in full, with owner, address, APN, per-parcel score and exit-velocity read.
02053 at a glance
Real-time distress, cycle phase, housing and bank-stress readings for 02053, the same set carried on every parcel.
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The complete 02053 distress and acquisition report
Every distressed parcel in 02053 comes with owner and address, APN, its own distress score, bank exposure and an exit-velocity read — plus a one-click path to owner and lender records, refreshed continuously nationwide.
Rules-based scoring — each signal ties to a public dataset · methodology