ZIP 48229 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Wayne County, Michigan's ZIP 48229 registers 33/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. 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). It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (90/100). The latent-versus-live split is 74/100 structural and 6/100 already moving.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.2% over the trailing year, at 26/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Median household income is $45,148, below the U.S. median near $78,000. 24.0% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. The vacancy rate is 13.7% — elevated. Rent burden reaches 29% of tenant households. On demographic stress specifically, 48229 scores 28/100. Educational attainment sits at 9% bachelor's-or-above. There are about 4,118 housing units across 48229. A median home runs $65,400 here, or 1.3 times local income. The tenure split is 65% owner-occupied to 35% rented. Population is roughly 9,166 with a median age of 36.

On the whole, 48229 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Parcel-level detail for 48229 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

The number is not local guesswork: 48229's 33/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Where the public record is thin for 48229, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

The 33/100 figure for 48229 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. Practically, 48229 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.