ZIP 48126 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

DLRadar grades ZIP 48126 (Wayne County, Michigan) at a moderate 33/100 for overall property distress. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (74/100), construction/permit lag (65/100), institutional ownership (48/100). mortgage stress (20/100) stay muted. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (90/100)). On the structural side it scores 74/100, with 6/100 of stress already active.

The peak-phase market in 48126 posted values that rose 4.2% over the year, and 20% higher over three years, at 26/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

At $42,353, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Around 60% of renters are cost-burdened. Roughly 35.6% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. There are about 17,316 housing units across 48126. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 45/100. 52,075 residents call 48126 home, typically aged 28. A median home runs $213,900 here, or 4.7 times local income. Vacancy runs 9.6%. About 24% have a four-year degree. 57% of housing is owner-occupied.

Net-net, 48126 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. No parcel file is published for 48126 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

Whether 48126 runs hot or quiet, its 33/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 48126 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Wayne County, Michigan or nationwide. Sparse data for 48126 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

48126's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. In workflow terms, 48126 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.