ZIP 02536 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 02536 in Barnstable County, Massachusetts carries a composite property-distress score of 28/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural risk reads 63/100 against active distress of 4/100. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (89/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (88/100). What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (78/100), structural risk (63/100), institutional ownership (20/100). institutional ownership (20/100) and mortgage stress (14/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.3% over the trailing year, and 19% higher over three years, at 35/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

A median home runs $558,600 here, or 5.2 times local income. Households earn a median $95,295 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. Vacancy runs 26.5%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The tenure split is 90% owner-occupied to 10% rented. Rent burden reaches 53% of tenant households. Roughly 7.3% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. 21,100 residents call 02536 home, typically aged 55. There are about 12,275 housing units across 02536. About 45% have a four-year degree. On demographic stress specifically, 02536 scores 35/100.

Taken together, 02536 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.