ZIP 02144 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Middlesex County, Massachusetts · High Value market
ZIP 02144's composite property-distress score is 24/100 - DLRadar classes that as low for Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The pressure is most legible in structural risk (53/100), construction/permit lag (35/100), institutional ownership (17/100). institutional ownership (17/100) and mortgage stress (7/100) stay muted. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (97/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (76/100)). Structurally it carries 53/100, against 2/100 of stress already in motion.
The peak-phase market in 02144 posted values that rose 2.9% over the year, and 1% higher over three years, at 23/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.
At $140,591, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. The vacancy rate is 5.6%. 11.3% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. On demographic stress specifically, 02144 scores 37/100. Rent burden reaches 29% of tenant households. The typical home is worth about $988,800 (7.0× income, severely stretched). The ZIP holds roughly 12,034 housing units. Owners hold 38% of homes, renters 62%. Around 75% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 25,009 residents call 02144 home, typically aged 32.
Overall 02144 looks resilient on the surface, so the edge is isolating individual stressed parcels. Parcel-level detail for 02144 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.
Whether 02144 runs hot or quiet, its 24/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 02144 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Middlesex County, Massachusetts or nationwide. 02144 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.
Each component behind 02144 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 24/100 roll-up. For a buyer, 02144 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.
What is driving ZIP 02144’s distress
Tax delinquency, institutional ownership, insurance pressure, NFIP/flood, construction lag, price dislocation and auction velocity — plus the 0 individual distressed properties come with owner, address, APN, an individual score and an exit read in the complete report.
02144 at a glance
Real-time distress, cycle phase, housing and bank-stress readings for 02144, the same set carried on every parcel.
Middlesex County ZIPs near 02144
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Unlock parcel-level detail for ZIP 02144
Every distressed parcel in 02144 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.
Each signal above is traceable to an open dataset · methodology