ZIP 02720 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 02720 in Bristol County, Massachusetts carries a composite property-distress score of 29/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (62/100), institutional ownership (51/100), construction/permit lag (31/100). By contrast, construction/permit lag (31/100) and mortgage stress (19/100) register low. The latent-versus-live split is 62/100 structural and 6/100 already moving. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (90/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (74/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100).

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.2% year on year, and 26% higher over three years (phase confidence 40/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 41/100. The poverty rate is 16.8% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. 40% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 38% of renters are cost-burdened. The vacancy rate is 4.3%. The ZIP holds roughly 14,784 housing units. At $62,907, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. About 31,063 people live here, median age 40. Around 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The typical home is worth about $398,000 (5.8× income).

Net-net, 02720 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.