ZIP 48146 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 48146 in Wayne County, Michigan carries a composite property-distress score of 33/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (90/100). Structural exposure scores 74 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (74/100), construction/permit lag (65/100), institutional ownership (48/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (20/100) register low.

The peak-phase market in 48146 posted values that rose 4.2% over the year, and 11% higher over three years, at 26/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 30/100. The poverty rate is 22.1% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. The typical home is worth about $131,000 (2.0× income, relatively affordable). Around 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. There are about 15,434 housing units across 48146. Population is roughly 39,511 with a median age of 35. Median household income is $57,183, below the U.S. median near $78,000. The tenure split is 70% owner-occupied to 30% rented. Rent burden reaches 44% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 5.2%.

Taken together, 48146 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. No parcel file is published for 48146 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

The 48146 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 33/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 48146 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Wayne County, Michigan. Where the public record is thin for 48146, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

48146's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. For an operator, 48146 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.