ZIP 48917 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 48917 (Eaton County, Michigan) lands at 21/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (72/100). The latent-versus-live split is 43/100 structural and 4/100 already moving. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (43/100), institutional ownership (34/100), construction/permit lag (29/100). By contrast, construction/permit lag (29/100) and mortgage stress (13/100) register low.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.2% year on year, and 19% higher over three years (phase confidence 38/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

At $73,259, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 8.2%. Around 27% of renters are cost-burdened. 60% of housing is owner-occupied. The vacancy rate is 3.8%. The ZIP holds roughly 16,049 housing units. Around 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. About 32,029 people live here, median age 41. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 25/100. The typical home is worth about $222,900 (2.9× income, relatively affordable).

Net-net, 48917 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.