ZIP 05602 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 05602 (Washington County, Vermont) at a low 29/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (65/100), institutional ownership (59/100), construction/permit lag (59/100). mortgage stress (24/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (95/100), FEMA disaster exposure (71/100). The latent-versus-live split is 65/100 structural and 7/100 already moving.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.8% over the trailing year, and 24% higher over three years (phase confidence 44/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Around 31% of renters are cost-burdened. Roughly 6.8% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. A median home runs $360,000 here, or 4.2 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 05602 scores 27/100. Households earn a median $81,552 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. The tenure split is 67% owner-occupied to 33% rented. About 61% have a four-year degree. 12,491 residents call 05602 home, typically aged 45. The ZIP holds roughly 5,835 housing units. The vacancy rate is 6.1%.

Overall, 05602 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.