ZIP 02842 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 02842 in Newport County, Rhode Island carries a composite property-distress score of 17/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural exposure scores 37 and live distress 5 on the 0–100 scale. What sets it apart are the readings on institutional ownership (42/100), structural risk (37/100), mortgage stress (18/100). structural risk (37/100) and mortgage stress (18/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (75/100).

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.2% over the trailing year, and 29% higher over three years, at 40/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

There are about 8,225 housing units across 02842. About 49% have a four-year degree. The tenure split is 59% owner-occupied to 41% rented. Vacancy runs 12.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. A median home runs $563,300 here, or 5.5 times local income. Roughly 10.0% live below the poverty line. Households earn a median $97,650 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. On demographic stress specifically, 02842 scores 35/100. 16,920 residents call 02842 home, typically aged 44. Rent burden reaches 37% of tenant households.

Taken together, 02842 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.