ZIP 48216 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Wayne County, Michigan, ZIP 48216 scores 33 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (74/100), construction/permit lag (65/100), institutional ownership (48/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (20/100). Structurally it carries 74/100, against 6/100 of stress already in motion. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (90/100)).

The market reads peak — home values rose 4.2% year on year, at 26/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

There are about 3,657 housing units across 48216. Roughly 29.9% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. The tenure split is 36% owner-occupied to 64% rented. Around 32% of renters are cost-burdened. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 42/100. Educational attainment sits at 37% bachelor's-or-above. At $42,278, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. 5,681 residents call 48216 home, typically aged 34. Vacancy runs 20.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The typical home is worth about $242,600 (5.3× income).

On the whole, 48216 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. While 48216 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

Big metro or rural, 48216 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 33/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Wayne County, Michigan and the nation. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 48216, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

The 33/100 figure for 48216 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. For an operator, 48216 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.