ZIP 48161 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Monroe County, Michigan's ZIP 48161 registers 33/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. Structural exposure scores 73 and live distress 5 on the 0–100 scale. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (82/100), structural risk (73/100), institutional ownership (49/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (18/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (84/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (78/100).

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.0% year on year, 1.0% off the recent peak, and 15% higher over three years, at 39/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

There are about 11,790 housing units across 48161. Rent burden reaches 49% of tenant households. The typical home is worth about $176,200 (2.6× income, relatively affordable). Around 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. About 26,556 people live here, median age 43. Vacancy runs 4.8%. The poverty rate is 16.5% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. At $65,517, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. 75% of housing is owner-occupied. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 30/100.

Net-net, 48161 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.