ZIP 49006 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 49006 (Kalamazoo County, Michigan) lands at 22/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (51/100), construction/permit lag (33/100), institutional ownership (20/100). institutional ownership (20/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (89/100), climate & FEMA risk (83/100). On the structural side it scores 51/100, with 3/100 of stress already active.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.2% over the trailing year, 1.1% off the recent peak, and 14% higher over three years (phase confidence 34/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

On demographic stress specifically, 49006 scores 41/100. Around 53% of renters are cost-burdened. Roughly 32.6% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. A median home runs $208,600 here, or 4.3 times local income. About 44% have a four-year degree. 25,888 residents call 49006 home, typically aged 23. Households earn a median $45,617 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The ZIP holds roughly 11,992 housing units. The vacancy rate is 8.5%. The tenure split is 33% owner-occupied to 67% rented.

Taken together, 49006 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.