ZIP 48228 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Wayne County, Michigan, ZIP 48228 scores 34 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's distress index. The split runs 77/100 structural to 6/100 active on the ground. What sets it apart are the readings on 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), FEMA disaster exposure (60/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.2% over the trailing year, and 31% higher over three years, at 26/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The typical home is worth about $59,500 (1.8× income, relatively affordable). The tenure split is 50% owner-occupied to 50% rented. The ZIP holds roughly 23,413 housing units. At $31,485, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 39.3% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. About 11% have a four-year degree. Population is roughly 52,719 with a median age of 32. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 38/100. Vacancy runs 16.1%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Around 58% of renters are cost-burdened.

Taken together, 48228 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. There is no property file for 48228 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable records.

The 48228 read uses the identical scoring model applied coast to coast, which means its 34/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 48228 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Wayne County, Michigan. 48228 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

48228's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. In workflow terms, 48228 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.