ZIP 02601 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Barnstable County, Massachusetts, ZIP 02601 scores 28 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's distress index. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (84/100), structural risk (65/100), institutional ownership (20/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (20/100) and mortgage stress (14/100). Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (89/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (87/100). Structurally it carries 65/100, against 4/100 of stress already in motion.

The market reads neutral — home values rose 3.7% year on year, and 21% higher over three years (phase confidence 28/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

At $62,989, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 13.0%. Vacancy runs 21.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 46/100. Around 61% of renters are cost-burdened. Educational attainment sits at 28% bachelor's-or-above. About 16,066 people live here, median age 44. A median home runs $440,100 here, or 6.5 times local income. Owners hold 50% of homes, renters 50%. There are about 9,144 housing units across 02601.

Taken together, 02601 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. No parcel file is published for 02601 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 02601's 28/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Barnstable County, Massachusetts or any ZIP coast to coast. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed as records update; 02601 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.

Behind 02601'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. In workflow terms, 02601 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.