ZIP 48223 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 distress scale, ZIP 48223 in Wayne County, Michigan comes in at 34, a moderate composite-distress reading. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (85/100), FEMA disaster exposure (60/100)). Structural exposure scores 77 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale. Its heaviest discrete signals: structural risk (77/100), construction/permit lag (73/100), institutional ownership (51/100). mortgage stress (20/100) stay muted.

The market reads peak — home values rose 4.2% year on year, and 15% higher over three years, at 26/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Median household income is $42,324, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Around 56% of renters are cost-burdened. The poverty rate is 23.9% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Educational attainment sits at 19% bachelor's-or-above. Vacancy runs 17.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The ZIP holds roughly 11,195 housing units. About 24,262 people live here, median age 34. The tenure split is 56% owner-occupied to 45% rented. On demographic stress specifically, 48223 scores 35/100. The typical home is worth about $99,500 (2.1× income, relatively affordable).

Taken together, 48223 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. No parcel file is published for 48223 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

The 48223 read uses the identical scoring model applied coast to coast, which means its 34/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 48223 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Wayne County, Michigan. Where the record is thin for 48223, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

Each component behind 48223 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 34/100 roll-up. Treat 48223 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.