ZIP 48239 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 48239 in Wayne County, Michigan carries a composite property-distress score of 27/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural exposure scores 59 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (90/100). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (59/100), institutional ownership (51/100), mortgage stress (20/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (20/100) register low.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.6% year on year, and 20% higher over three years, at 34/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Vacancy runs 4.7%. There are about 14,736 housing units across 48239. About 37,039 people live here, median age 38. 78% of housing is owner-occupied. At $69,373, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. Around 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The typical home is worth about $158,800 (2.1× income, relatively affordable). Rent burden reaches 47% of tenant households. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 27/100. The poverty rate is 12.9%.

Net-net, 48239 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.