ZIP 02126 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 02126 in Suffolk County, Massachusetts carries a composite property-distress score of 24/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (54/100), construction/permit lag (37/100), institutional ownership (20/100). institutional ownership (20/100) and mortgage stress (9/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 54 and live distress 3 on the 0–100 scale. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (89/100).

The peak-phase market in 02126 posted values that rose 2.9% over the year, and 13% higher over three years, at 23/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Households earn a median $67,206 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. 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. Owners hold 42% of homes, renters 58%. The poverty rate is 16.8% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Population is roughly 25,313 with a median age of 38. Around 56% of renters are cost-burdened. Home values center near $542,700, an affordability ratio of 7.7× — stretched.

On balance 02126 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. While 02126 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

Big metro or rural, 02126 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 24/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Suffolk County, Massachusetts and the nation. Where the public record is thin for 02126, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

Behind 02126'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. The point of the 02126 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.