ZIP 48044 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Macomb County, Michigan's ZIP 48044 registers 27/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (97/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (90/100). The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (59/100), institutional ownership (51/100), mortgage stress (19/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (19/100) and construction/permit lag (2/100) register low. Structural exposure scores 59 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.6% year on year, and 14% higher over three years, at 34/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 58,631 people live here, median age 40. The typical home is worth about $370,300 (3.0× income, relatively affordable). There are about 20,131 housing units across 48044. 89% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. At $115,664, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 4.1% — low. Rent burden reaches 27% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 1.4%. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 23/100.

Net-net, 48044 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.