ZIP 48768 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 48768 (Tuscola County, Michigan) at a low 16/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (48/100), structural risk (34/100), mortgage stress (3/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (3/100) and institutional ownership (3/100). On the structural side it scores 34/100, with 1/100 of stress already active. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (72/100)).

The expansion-phase market in 48768 posted values that rose 6.4% over the year, and 27% higher over three years (phase confidence 37/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Median household income is $63,363, below the U.S. median near $78,000. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 26/100. Around 37% of renters are cost-burdened. Educational attainment sits at 17% bachelor's-or-above. 12.5% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. The vacancy rate is 9.2%. Population is roughly 9,144 with a median age of 42. Home values center near $158,400, an affordability ratio of 2.2× — accessible. The ZIP holds roughly 4,146 housing units. Owners hold 85% of homes, renters 15%.

On balance 48768 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.