ZIP 48749 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Arenac County, Michigan, ZIP 48749 scores 7 of 100 for composite distress, a minimal level on DLRadar's public-record index. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (40/100), structural risk (16/100), mortgage stress (7/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (7/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) register low. Structural exposure scores 16 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 6.4% year on year, and 10% higher over three years, at 37/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 1,214 people live here, median age 44. Vacancy runs 20.7%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The poverty rate is 11.8%. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 29/100. 93% of housing is owner-occupied. Rent burden reaches 46% of tenant households. The typical home is worth about $129,600 (2.3× income, relatively affordable). At $50,833, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. There are about 641 housing units across 48749. Around 9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Net-net, 48749 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.