ZIP 48226 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Wayne County, Michigan, ZIP 48226 scores 27 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural risk reads 59/100 against active distress of 6/100. Its standout signals are structural risk (59/100), institutional ownership (51/100), mortgage stress (20/100). mortgage stress (20/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (90/100).

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.

6,893 residents call 48226 home, typically aged 34. There are about 5,527 housing units across 48226. Vacancy runs 19.6%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The tenure split is 9% owner-occupied to 91% rented. Rent burden reaches 38% of tenant households. About 53% have a four-year degree. A median home runs $324,500 here, or 4.4 times local income. Roughly 17.1% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. On demographic stress specifically, 48226 scores 38/100. Households earn a median $69,813 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure.

Taken together, 48226 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.