ZIP 48856 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 48856 in Gratiot County, Michigan carries a composite property-distress score of 15/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. On the structural side it scores 34/100, with 1/100 of stress already active. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (67/100), structural risk (34/100), mortgage stress (3/100). mortgage stress (3/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.6% over the trailing year (phase confidence 34/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

Roughly 4.2% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. 842 residents call 48856 home, typically aged 43. Households earn a median $82,500 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. Around 13% of renters are cost-burdened. About 14% have a four-year degree. The vacancy rate is 13.3% — elevated. On demographic stress specifically, 48856 scores 21/100. The ZIP holds roughly 373 housing units. A median home runs $183,300 here, or 1.7 times local income. The tenure split is 79% owner-occupied to 21% rented.

Taken together, 48856 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.