ZIP 48842 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 48842 in Ingham County, Michigan carries a composite property-distress score of 25/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (87/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (86/100). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (55/100), institutional ownership (51/100), mortgage stress (19/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (19/100) and construction/permit lag (1/100) register low. Structural risk reads 55/100 against active distress of 6/100.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.2% year on year, and 14% higher over three years, at 38/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

There are about 10,042 housing units across 48842. 66% of housing is owner-occupied. The typical home is worth about $225,900 (2.4× income, relatively affordable). The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 26/100. At $86,830, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. Rent burden reaches 37% of tenant households. About 21,504 people live here, median age 39. The poverty rate is 11.8%. Vacancy runs 5.9%. Around 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Net-net, 48842 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.