ZIP 02143 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Middlesex County, Massachusetts's ZIP 02143 registers 29/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Structural risk reads 67/100 against active distress of 2/100. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (91/100), structural risk (67/100), institutional ownership (18/100). institutional ownership (18/100) and mortgage stress (7/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (97/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (78/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.3% over the trailing year, and 24% 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 $926,800 here, or 7.4 times local income. Households earn a median $126,102 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. There are about 13,050 housing units across 02143. On demographic stress specifically, 02143 scores 38/100. The tenure split is 31% owner-occupied to 69% rented. Vacancy runs 6.0%. Roughly 8.4% live below the poverty line. About 75% have a four-year degree. 25,161 residents call 02143 home, typically aged 33. Rent burden reaches 28% of tenant households.

Overall, 02143 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.