ZIP 02879 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 02879 in Washington County, Rhode Island carries a composite property-distress score of 29/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural exposure scores 66 and live distress 7 on the 0–100 scale. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (85/100), climate & FEMA risk (69/100). What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (66/100), structural risk (66/100), institutional ownership (50/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (22/100) register low.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.2% year on year, and 25% higher over three years, at 40/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 22,628 people live here, median age 47. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 29/100. 79% of housing is owner-occupied. Rent burden reaches 39% of tenant households. The typical home is worth about $564,700 (4.5× income). Around 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. There are about 11,934 housing units across 02879. At $115,848, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. Vacancy runs 20.6%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The poverty rate is 5.8% — low.

Net-net, 02879 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.