ZIP 02539 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 02539 (Dukes County, Massachusetts) lands at 8/100 — minimal on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (20/100), mortgage stress (17/100), institutional ownership (17/100). mortgage stress (17/100) and institutional ownership (17/100) stay muted. On the structural side it scores 20/100, with 5/100 of stress already active. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (73/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.3% over the trailing year, and 34% higher over three years (phase confidence 31/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Roughly 5.9% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. Around 18% of renters are cost-burdened. On demographic stress specifically, 02539 scores 50/100. About 45% have a four-year degree. 5,212 residents call 02539 home, typically aged 53. The tenure split is 79% owner-occupied to 21% rented. A median home runs $1,199,300 here, or 13.1 times local income. The vacancy rate is 67.7% — elevated. Households earn a median $89,710 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. The ZIP holds roughly 5,047 housing units.

Taken together, 02539 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.