ZIP 02543 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Dukes County, Massachusetts · High Vacancy market
ZIP code 02543 in Dukes County, Massachusetts carries a composite property-distress score of 14/100 — a minimal reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (73/100)). Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (52/100), structural risk (35/100), institutional ownership (17/100). institutional ownership (17/100) and mortgage stress (16/100) stay muted. Latent structural risk is 35/100 while live distress already moving reads 5/100.
The peak-phase market in 02543 posted values that rose 2.9% over the year, at 22/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.
About 810 people live here, median age 69. The tenure split is 81% owner-occupied to 19% rented. Around 0% of renters are cost-burdened. There are about 1,147 housing units across 02543. Home values center near $925,200, an affordability ratio of 12.3× — stretched. At $73,611, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. Vacancy runs 57.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Roughly 1.7% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. Educational attainment sits at 86% bachelor's-or-above. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 39/100.
Net-net, 02543 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Parcel-level detail for 02543 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.
Whether 02543 runs hot or quiet, its 14/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 02543 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Dukes County, Massachusetts or nationwide. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 02543 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.
The 14/100 figure for 02543 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. Treat 02543 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.
What is driving ZIP 02543’s distress
Delinquent tax, institutional holdings, insurance strain, flood/NFIP exposure, build-out lag, price dislocation and auction pace — along with the 0 individual distressed properties are broken out by owner, address, APN, per-property score and exit read inside DLRadar.
02543 at a glance
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