ZIP 02452 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 02452 (Middlesex County, Massachusetts) at a low 29/100 for overall property distress. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (97/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (78/100). The latent-versus-live split is 67/100 structural and 2/100 already moving. Property-level stress concentrates 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.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.3% over the trailing year, and 19% higher over three years (phase confidence 31/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The ZIP holds roughly 5,609 housing units. The vacancy rate is 6.4%. About 54% have a four-year degree. On demographic stress specifically, 02452 scores 39/100. Households earn a median $112,902 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. A median home runs $808,300 here, or 6.9 times local income. Roughly 9.4% live below the poverty line. The tenure split is 51% owner-occupied to 49% rented. Around 41% of renters are cost-burdened. 16,173 residents call 02452 home, typically aged 32.

Overall, 02452 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.