ZIP 02134 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Scored purely from public records, 02134 (Suffolk County, Massachusetts) returns a low composite of 24/100. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (89/100). Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (54/100), construction/permit lag (37/100), institutional ownership (20/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (20/100) and mortgage stress (9/100) register low. The split runs 54/100 structural to 3/100 active on the ground.

The peak-phase market in 02134 posted values that rose 2.9% over the year (phase confidence 23/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

About 17,637 people live here, median age 28. Home values center near $657,300, an affordability ratio of 7.8× — stretched. The vacancy rate is 8.4%. The tenure split is 13% owner-occupied to 87% rented. Around 76% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Around 46% of renters are cost-burdened. 23.5% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 47/100. The ZIP holds roughly 8,999 housing units. Households earn a median $75,317 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure.

Net-net, 02134 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. 02134 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

The 02134 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 24/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 02134 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Sparse data for 02134 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

Behind 02134'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. For an operator, 02134 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.