ZIP 48185 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 48185 in Wayne County, Michigan carries a composite property-distress score of 27/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural risk reads 59/100 against active distress of 6/100. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (59/100), institutional ownership (51/100), mortgage stress (20/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (20/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (90/100).

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.6% year on year, and 22% higher over three years, at 34/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 48,364 people live here, median age 39. 56% of housing is owner-occupied. Vacancy runs 5.8%. Around 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The typical home is worth about $194,000 (3.1× income, relatively affordable). The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 31/100. At $59,085, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 13.0%. There are about 23,737 housing units across 48185. Rent burden reaches 40% of tenant households.

Net-net, 48185 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.