ZIP 48205 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Wayne County, Michigan, ZIP 48205 scores 34 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's distress index. The pressure is most legible in structural risk (77/100), construction/permit lag (73/100), institutional ownership (51/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (20/100) register low. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (85/100). Structural risk reads 77/100 against active distress of 6/100.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.2% over the trailing year, and 35% higher over three years (phase confidence 26/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

The typical home is worth about $65,300 (1.4× income, relatively affordable). On demographic stress specifically, 48205 scores 36/100. Median household income is $40,612, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Around 48% of renters are cost-burdened. Roughly 32.1% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. About 9% have a four-year degree. Vacancy runs 25.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. There are about 16,754 housing units across 48205. About 32,466 people live here, median age 32. 42% of housing is owner-occupied.

Taken together, 48205 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. There is no property file for 48205 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable records.

No ZIP is too small to score: 48205 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 34/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. 48205 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

The 34/100 figure for 48205 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. In workflow terms, 48205 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.