ZIP 02176 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 02176 in Middlesex County, Massachusetts carries a composite property-distress score of 29/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural risk reads 67/100 against active distress of 2/100. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (97/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (78/100). What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (91/100), structural risk (67/100), institutional ownership (18/100). institutional ownership (18/100) and mortgage stress (7/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.3% over the trailing year, and 16% higher over three years, at 31/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The tenure split is 68% owner-occupied to 32% rented. A median home runs $822,900 here, or 6.3 times local income. Households earn a median $126,854 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. Roughly 3.7% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. 29,488 residents call 02176 home, typically aged 44. Vacancy runs 2.8%. There are about 12,771 housing units across 02176. About 62% have a four-year degree. On demographic stress specifically, 02176 scores 34/100. Rent burden reaches 41% of tenant households.

Overall, 02176 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.