ZIP 02740 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 02740 (Bristol County, Massachusetts) at a low 29/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (62/100), institutional ownership (51/100), construction/permit lag (31/100). construction/permit lag (31/100) and mortgage stress (19/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (90/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (74/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100). On the structural side it scores 62/100, with 6/100 of stress already active.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.2% over the trailing year, and 21% higher over three years (phase confidence 40/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

The ZIP holds roughly 20,654 housing units. About 18% have a four-year degree. Households earn a median $54,563 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. A median home runs $345,800 here, or 5.6 times local income. Roughly 19.6% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. On demographic stress specifically, 02740 scores 42/100. 46,336 residents call 02740 home, typically aged 37. The vacancy rate is 4.6%. Around 42% of renters are cost-burdened. The tenure split is 38% owner-occupied to 62% rented.

Overall, 02740 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.