ZIP 02556 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 02556 in Barnstable County, Massachusetts carries a composite property-distress score of 30/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural risk reads 69/100 against active distress of 4/100. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (69/100), institutional ownership (19/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (19/100) and mortgage stress (14/100). It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (89/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (87/100).

Prices here sit in a neutral phase: values rose 3.7% over the trailing year, and 21% higher over three years, at 28/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

The tenure split is 90% owner-occupied to 10% rented. Around 69% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Vacancy runs 60.5%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. On demographic stress specifically, 02556 scores 28/100. About 2,586 people live here, median age 49. The poverty rate is 1.8% — low. A median home runs $717,800 here, or 4.9 times local income. The ZIP holds roughly 2,715 housing units. Around 17% of renters are cost-burdened. Median household income is $133,929, above the U.S. median near $78,000.

Net-net, 02556 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Parcel-level detail for 02556 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

Big metro or rural, 02556 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 30/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Barnstable County, Massachusetts and the nation. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 02556, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

Behind 02556's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. Practically, 02556 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.