ZIP 48617 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 48617 in Clare County, Michigan carries a composite property-distress score of 17/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (92/100), structural risk (39/100), mortgage stress (9/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (9/100) and institutional ownership (8/100) register low. Structural exposure scores 39 and live distress 3 on the 0–100 scale.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 6.1% year on year, and 28% higher over three years, at 36/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

76% of housing is owner-occupied. The poverty rate is 20.0% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. About 9,729 people live here, median age 37. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 30/100. The typical home is worth about $160,100 (2.7× income, relatively affordable). Vacancy runs 17.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. There are about 4,037 housing units across 48617. At $56,601, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Around 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Rent burden reaches 28% of tenant households.

Net-net, 48617 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.