ZIP 02126 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 02126 in Suffolk County, Massachusetts carries a composite property-distress score of 25/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (56/100), construction/permit lag (44/100), institutional ownership (20/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (20/100) and mortgage stress (9/100) register low. The latent-versus-live split is 56/100 structural and 3/100 already moving. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (89/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 4.3% year on year, and 13% higher over three years (phase confidence 31/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

At $67,206, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The vacancy rate is 7.8%. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 50/100. The ZIP holds roughly 9,876 housing units. Around 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 42% of housing is owner-occupied. The poverty rate is 16.8% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. About 25,313 people live here, median age 38. Around 56% of renters are cost-burdened. The typical home is worth about $542,700 (7.7× income, severely stretched).

Net-net, 02126 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.