Ionia County, MI: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Across Ionia County, Michigan, DLRadar grades every ZIP for foreclosure, mortgage, tax and bank-stress distress. ZIP-level distress ranges from 28/100 at the top down to 16/100. The county's lending-headwind score sits at 53/100 (moderate). 21 ZIP codes are tracked county-wide, averaging 25/100 distress.

Currently peak, Ionia County saw prices rise 3.9% year over year, a 25/100-confidence read. With values leveling off, blanket buying underperforms with opportunity concentrated by ZIP.

Ionia County's topped-out +3.9% YoY (25/100 confidence) means the discount lives in outliers so the headline market won't hand it over. A moderate 53/100 lender headwind points to mixed owner- and bank-driven distress.

The most-distressed ZIP codes in Ionia County are 49302 (28/100), 48846 (27/100), 48851 (27/100), 48860 (27/100), 48865 (27/100), 48870 (27/100), each with its own full DLRadar report. Other tracked Ionia County ZIPs include 48881, 49331, 48815, 48849, 48875, 48809, 48890, 48834, 48861, 48838.

Underneath the scores, Ionia County's scored ZIPs run typical home values near $217,486, an owner-occupied share of 85%, a 6.9% vacancy rate, a median age of 39, household income averaging about $81,912, roughly at the national median, a 9.6% poverty rate. Read together, they shape the kind of distress to expect and the buyer pool on exit.

Ionia County, Michigan's 25/100 average over 21 ZIPs says distress here is parcel-specific for a disciplined buyer. Unlock Ionia County to see every parcel's owner and contact detail, APN, scoring, lienholder detail and an estimated exit speed.

Whether Ionia County, Michigan carries heavy distress or only a handful of flagged parcels, every score here is built the same deterministic way — from recorded foreclosures, tax delinquency, liens and lender stress — so Ionia County can be compared directly against any county in the country.

In Ionia County, Michigan, the scores are a targeting tool first: they tell you which ZIPs hold the distress and which owners are most likely under real financial pressure, so limited acquisition effort lands where it converts. Nothing in the Ionia County read is modelled: recorder and court filings drive foreclosure and lien signals, FHFA sets the price cycle, FDIC the lender stress, and a thin source stays blank.

Drilling in, Ionia County's highest-scoring ZIPs are 49302 (28/100), 48846 (27/100), 48851 (27/100), 48860 (27/100), 48865 (27/100), 48870 (27/100). DLRadar also scores 48881, 49331, 48815, 48849, 48875, 48809, 48890, 48834 and more across the county. Every one of these is scored independently — a ZIP's composite reflects its own recorded distress, which is why the county average alone hides where the real pressure sits.

Under Ionia County's headline composite sit distinct layers — recorded foreclosures, tax and lien delinquency, mortgage stress and bank headwind — each scored separately before they roll up, so the same total can describe very different markets.