ZIP 48471 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 48471 (Sanilac County, Michigan) lands at 14/100 — minimal on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Structural risk reads 29/100 against active distress of 1/100. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (33/100), structural risk (29/100), mortgage stress (5/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (5/100) and institutional ownership (3/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (68/100)).

The expansion-phase market in 48471 posted values that rose 6.4% over the year, and 1% higher over three years, at 37/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Home values center near $142,700, an affordability ratio of 2.1× — accessible. Median household income is $62,661, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Vacancy runs 5.6%. There are about 2,489 housing units across 48471. Owners hold 72% of homes, renters 28%. Rent burden reaches 31% of tenant households. Population is roughly 5,518 with a median age of 44. 11.2% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Educational attainment sits at 17% bachelor's-or-above. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 25/100.

On balance 48471 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.