ZIP 48203 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Wayne County, Michigan, ZIP 48203 scores 27 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Its standout 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 15% higher over three years (phase confidence 34/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Around 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The poverty rate is 37.7% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 38/100. The typical home is worth about $76,200 (2.2× income, relatively affordable). Around 47% of renters are cost-burdened. The ZIP holds roughly 13,468 housing units. At $35,108, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The vacancy rate is 37.1% — elevated. 49% of housing is owner-occupied. About 20,472 people live here, median age 40.

Net-net, 48203 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.