ZIP 48234 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Wayne County, Michigan's ZIP 48234 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). mortgage stress (20/100) stay muted. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (90/100). Structural exposure scores 74 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale.

The peak-phase market in 48234 posted values that rose 4.2% over the year, and 35% higher over three years (phase confidence 26/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Households earn a median $36,473 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. A median home runs $61,200 here, or 1.6 times local income. 35.6% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. On demographic stress specifically, 48234 scores 37/100. Vacancy runs 21.6%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. About 11% have a four-year degree. Around 56% of renters are cost-burdened. The tenure split is 55% owner-occupied to 45% rented. There are about 15,493 housing units across 48234. Population is roughly 32,406 with a median age of 35.

Taken together, 48234 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. No parcel file is published for 48234 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

The number is not local guesswork: 48234's 33/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 48234, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

48234's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. Treat 48234 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.