ZIP 48188 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 48188 (Wayne County, Michigan) lands at 27/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are 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). On the structural side it scores 59/100, with 6/100 of stress already active.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.6% year on year, and 20% higher over three years (phase confidence 34/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

At $118,037, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 5.8% — low. The vacancy rate is 3.3%. Around 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Around 30% of renters are cost-burdened. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 22/100. About 45,522 people live here, median age 40. The ZIP holds roughly 17,094 housing units. The typical home is worth about $384,700 (3.0× income, relatively affordable). 82% of housing is owner-occupied.

Net-net, 48188 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.