ZIP 48168 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP 48168's composite property-distress score is 32/100 - DLRadar classes that as moderate for Wayne County, Michigan. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (71/100), construction/permit lag (56/100), institutional ownership (48/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (15/100) register low. Latent structural risk is 71/100 while live distress already moving reads 5/100. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (95/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (90/100)).

The market reads peak — home values rose 3.7% year on year, and 22% higher over three years (phase confidence 25/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

The vacancy rate is 3.5%. Around 72% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 3.0% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Rent burden reaches 34% of tenant households. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 20/100. About 25,039 people live here, median age 45. At $173,671, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. There are about 9,379 housing units across 48168. The tenure split is 91% owner-occupied to 9% rented. A median home runs $582,600 here, or 3.1 times local income.

Overall, 48168 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Parcel-level detail for 48168 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

Whether 48168 runs hot or quiet, its 32/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 48168 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Wayne County, Michigan or nationwide. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 48168, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

48168'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. The point of the 48168 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.