ZIP 48217 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Wayne County, Michigan, ZIP 48217 scores 27 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (90/100). Its standout signals are structural risk (59/100), institutional ownership (51/100), mortgage stress (20/100). mortgage stress (20/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 59 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.6% over the trailing year, at 34/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

There are about 3,139 housing units across 48217. Roughly 16.0% live below the poverty line. A median home runs $65,500 here, or 1.0 times local income. Households earn a median $46,671 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The tenure split is 60% owner-occupied to 40% rented. Vacancy runs 12.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. On demographic stress specifically, 48217 scores 28/100. Rent burden reaches 51% of tenant households. 6,437 residents call 48217 home, typically aged 36. About 12% have a four-year degree.

Taken together, 48217 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.