ZIP 48138 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 48138 (Wayne County, Michigan) lands at 27/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Structural risk reads 59/100 against active distress of 6/100. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (90/100)). The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (59/100), institutional ownership (51/100), mortgage stress (20/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (20/100).

The expansion-phase market in 48138 posted values that rose 5.6% over the year, and 14% higher over three years, at 34/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

There are about 4,441 housing units across 48138. Vacancy runs 6.7%. Population is roughly 10,603 with a median age of 51. Educational attainment sits at 48% bachelor's-or-above. Owners hold 91% of homes, renters 9%. Rent burden reaches 26% of tenant households. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 20/100. 4.2% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Home values center near $355,900, an affordability ratio of 2.8× — accessible. Median household income is $124,934, above the U.S. median near $78,000.

On balance 48138 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.