ZIP 05602 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Washington County, Vermont's ZIP 05602 registers 26/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Its heaviest discrete signals: institutional ownership (59/100), structural risk (59/100), construction/permit lag (35/100). construction/permit lag (35/100) and mortgage stress (24/100) stay muted. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (95/100), FEMA disaster exposure (71/100). The latent-versus-live split is 59/100 structural and 7/100 already moving.

The neutral-phase market in 05602 posted values that rose 4.4% over the year, and 24% higher over three years, at 29/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

Rent burden reaches 31% of tenant households. Roughly 6.8% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. Home values center near $360,000, an affordability ratio of 4.2×. On demographic stress specifically, 05602 scores 27/100. Median household income is $81,552, near the U.S. median near $78,000. The tenure split is 67% owner-occupied to 33% rented. Around 61% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Population is roughly 12,491 with a median age of 45. There are about 5,835 housing units across 05602. The vacancy rate is 6.1%.

Net-net, 05602 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Parcel-level detail for 05602 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

Whether 05602 runs hot or quiet, its 26/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 05602 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Washington County, Vermont or nationwide. Sparse data for 05602 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

05602's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. For an operator, 05602 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.