ZIP 48891 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Montcalm County, Michigan's ZIP 48891 registers 13/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as minimal. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (44/100), structural risk (29/100), mortgage stress (4/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (4/100) and institutional ownership (3/100). Structural exposure scores 29 and live distress 1 on the 0–100 scale.

The expansion-phase market in 48891 posted values that rose 5.5% over the year, and 13% higher over three years, at 33/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Population is roughly 2,923 with a median age of 35. Home values center near $158,700, an affordability ratio of 2.3× — accessible. Owners hold 89% of homes, renters 11%. Vacancy runs 17.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. 21.0% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Median household income is $53,661, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Educational attainment sits at 14% bachelor's-or-above. Rent burden reaches 52% of tenant households. There are about 1,155 housing units across 48891. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 31/100.

On the whole, 48891 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.