ZIP 02888 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 02888 in Kent County, Rhode Island carries a composite property-distress score of 24/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (86/100), climate & FEMA risk (72/100). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (52/100), institutional ownership (51/100), mortgage stress (19/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (19/100) and construction/permit lag (4/100) register low. Structural risk reads 52/100 against active distress of 6/100.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.2% year on year, and 28% higher over three years, at 40/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 18,951 people live here, median age 46. 80% of housing is owner-occupied. The typical home is worth about $350,000 (3.6× income, relatively affordable). Vacancy runs 4.1%. At $88,750, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. Rent burden reaches 53% of tenant households. The poverty rate is 8.9%. There are about 8,893 housing units across 02888. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 30/100. Around 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Overall 02888 looks resilient on the surface, so the edge is isolating individual stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.