ZIP 48889 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Gratiot County, Michigan, ZIP 48889 scores 15 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. On the structural side it scores 33/100, with 1/100 of stress already active. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (66/100), structural risk (33/100), 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.

Households earn a median $62,813 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Roughly 11.6% live below the poverty line. Around 10% of renters are cost-burdened. The tenure split is 85% owner-occupied to 15% rented. On demographic stress specifically, 48889 scores 22/100. 1,496 residents call 48889 home, typically aged 48. The vacancy rate is 11.8% — elevated. A median home runs $157,900 here, or 2.2 times local income. About 12% have a four-year degree. The ZIP holds roughly 644 housing units.

Overall, 48889 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.