ZIP 02653 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 02653 in Barnstable County, Massachusetts carries a composite property-distress score of 28/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (89/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (88/100). What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (78/100), structural risk (63/100), institutional ownership (20/100). institutional ownership (20/100) and mortgage stress (14/100) stay muted. Structural risk reads 63/100 against active distress of 4/100.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.3% over the trailing year, and 16% higher over three years, at 35/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The tenure split is 78% owner-occupied to 22% rented. Households earn a median $98,798 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. Vacancy runs 47.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. About 59% have a four-year degree. A median home runs $960,600 here, or 8.3 times local income. Rent burden reaches 43% of tenant households. There are about 5,765 housing units across 02653. Roughly 10.8% live below the poverty line. 6,342 residents call 02653 home, typically aged 64. On demographic stress specifically, 02653 scores 45/100.

Taken together, 02653 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.