ZIP 02909 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Providence County, Rhode Island's ZIP 02909 registers 28/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Structurally it carries 60/100, against 6/100 of stress already in motion. Its standout signals are structural risk (60/100), institutional ownership (56/100), mortgage stress (21/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (21/100) register low. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (95/100), climate & FEMA risk (93/100), FEMA disaster exposure (65/100)).

The peak-phase market in 02909 posted values that rose 4.4% over the year, and 30% higher over three years (phase confidence 31/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

The ZIP holds roughly 18,637 housing units. 22.5% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. 39% of housing is owner-occupied. Educational attainment sits at 24% bachelor's-or-above. About 44,445 people live here, median age 31. Vacancy runs 15.6%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Around 33% of renters are cost-burdened. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 39/100. Home values center near $325,300, an affordability ratio of 4.4×. Median household income is $63,950, below the U.S. median near $78,000.

Taken together, 02909 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. There is no property file for 02909 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable public records.

Big metro or rural, 02909 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 28/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Providence County, Rhode Island and the nation. Where the public record is thin for 02909, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

02909's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. Practically, 02909 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.