ZIP 49008 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Kalamazoo County, Michigan's ZIP 49008 registers 30/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. The pressure is most legible in structural risk (67/100), construction/permit lag (57/100), institutional ownership (48/100). mortgage stress (8/100) stay muted. Latent structural risk is 67/100 while live distress already moving reads 3/100. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (89/100), climate & FEMA risk (83/100).

The peak-phase market in 49008 posted values that rose 0.6% over the year, and 14% higher over three years (phase confidence 35/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Around 41% of renters are cost-burdened. 14.5% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 27/100. There are about 6,807 housing units across 49008. Median household income is $67,339, below the U.S. median near $78,000. A median home runs $218,200 here, or 3.0 times local income. Vacancy runs 7.2%. About 16,488 people live here, median age 34. Educational attainment sits at 55% bachelor's-or-above. 65% of housing is owner-occupied.

On balance 49008 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. No parcel file is published for 49008 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

The 49008 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 30/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 49008 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Kalamazoo County, Michigan. Sparse data for 49008 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

49008's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. For an operator, 49008 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.