ZIP 48444 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP 48444's composite property-distress score is 14/100 - DLRadar classes that as minimal for Lapeer County, Michigan. Structural exposure scores 30 and live distress 1 on the 0–100 scale. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (70/100). Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (31/100), structural risk (30/100), institutional ownership (4/100). institutional ownership (4/100) and mortgage stress (3/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.2% over the trailing year, and 25% higher over three years, at 26/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

About 9,320 people live here, median age 41. The ZIP holds roughly 4,241 housing units. The typical home is worth about $238,900 (3.4× income, relatively affordable). Educational attainment sits at 13% bachelor's-or-above. Rent burden reaches 36% of tenant households. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 31/100. Vacancy runs 7.7%. At $69,010, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. The tenure split is 76% owner-occupied to 24% rented. 15.5% of residents fall below the poverty threshold.

Overall, 48444 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Parcel-level detail for 48444 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.

Big metro or rural, 48444 runs through one identical scoring model, so its 14/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Lapeer County, Michigan and the nation. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 48444, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

Behind 48444's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. Practically, 48444 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.