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

Mason County, MI, Michigan: 10 ZIP codes scored, Mason County, MI averaging 8/100 (minimal, Mason, MI), from 5 to 17. Mason County, MI is in its peak phase (Mason, MI confidence 26/100): Mason, MI home prices up 4.2% (Mason, MI) over twelve months. Mason County, MI lender headwind: 70/100.

Highest-scoring Mason County, MI ZIPs: 49449 (17/100), 49660 (13/100), 49644 (12/100), 49402 (9/100), 49411 (6/100), 49405 (5/100). Also scored in Mason County, MI: 49410, 49431, 49454, 49458.

Across Mason County, MI's scored ZIPs: median home value $191,730, household income $62,298, 40.7% vacancy, 11.9% poverty, 87% owner-occupied, median age 49.6.

Mason County, MI insurance distress 0/100 (#2,737 in the US); FEMA hazard 0/100 for Mason, MI; Mason, MI construction distress 18/100.

5 banks with 7 branches lend in Mason County, MI; Mason, MI weighted bank stress 71/100, highest 79/100 in Mason, MI.

Mason County, MI unemployment 5.7% (Mason, MI -1.4 pts, six months); 208 new housing units permitted in Mason County, MI over twelve months, Mason, MI up 34% from 155; Mason, MI home prices +12.9% a year (Mason, MI) over three years.

17,596 housing units in Mason County, MI; 2,727 Mason, MI renter households; 40% of Mason, MI renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 15% (Mason, MI) half or more.

Mason County, MI ranks #1,862 nationally on the opportunity index (Mason, MI, among all ranked counties); Mason, MI scores 28.2/100 and Mason, MI sits #58 inside Michigan. Mason, MI is in the early_signal opportunity phase; Mason, MI's primary driver is vacancy, Mason, MI second driver bank institutional; Mason, MI moved down 121 places. 9 short-sale listings across Mason, MI; 72 days on market observed in Mason, MI; 26.7% vacancy over 10 Mason, MI ZIPs.

No CFPB county sample covers Mason County, MI. The non-metro area reading for Mason, MI: 1.0% ninety-plus days late; Mason, MI's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 2.6% (Mason, MI, December 2025 data); Michigan overall 0.9%.

Mason County, MI has 2 watched banks; 2 Mason, MI banks sit in an elevated band. Mason, MI footprints: West Shore Bank (3 branches, stress 76) in Mason, MI; Shelby State Bank (1 branch, stress 79) in Mason, MI.

HUD lists 3 assisted multifamily properties in Mason County, MI with 160 units; 96 Mason, MI units are assisted, 2 Mason, MI properties under project-based Section 8.

4,795 of the 17,596 housing units in Mason, MI sit vacant. Mason County, MI permitted 144 multifamily units in twelve months; Mason, MI's one-to-four unit structures added 64 units in Mason County, MI.