ZIP 02542 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 02542 (Barnstable County, Massachusetts) at a low 28/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (78/100), structural risk (63/100), institutional ownership (20/100). institutional ownership (20/100) stay muted. On the structural side it scores 63/100, with 0/100 of stress already active. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (89/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (88/100).

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

Roughly 0.8% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. About 36% have a four-year degree. 854 residents call 02542 home, typically aged 26. Around 51% of renters are cost-burdened. The vacancy rate is 32.6% — elevated. The ZIP holds roughly 380 housing units. Households earn a median $55,000 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. On demographic stress specifically, 02542 scores 41/100. The tenure split is 0% owner-occupied to 100% rented.

Taken together, 02542 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.