ZIP 48878 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Isabella County, Michigan's ZIP 48878 registers 15/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (65/100). On the structural side it scores 32/100, with 1/100 of stress already active. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (46/100), structural risk (32/100), mortgage stress (4/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (4/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) register low.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.6% year on year, and 21% higher over three years (phase confidence 34/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

The vacancy rate is 22.5% — elevated. Around 40% of renters are cost-burdened. 84% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The poverty rate is 13.5%. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 29/100. The ZIP holds roughly 745 housing units. The typical home is worth about $150,300 (2.7× income, relatively affordable). At $51,875, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. About 1,253 people live here, median age 50.

Net-net, 48878 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.