ZIP 49009 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Kalamazoo County, Michigan, ZIP 49009 scores 22 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural exposure scores 50 and live distress 3 on the 0–100 scale. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (89/100), climate & FEMA risk (82/100). Its standout signals are structural risk (50/100), construction/permit lag (33/100), institutional ownership (20/100). institutional ownership (20/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.3% over the trailing year, 1.0% off the recent peak, and 14% higher over three years, at 34/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

47,606 residents call 49009 home, typically aged 37. A median home runs $346,600 here, or 4.0 times local income. The tenure split is 64% owner-occupied to 36% rented. About 50% have a four-year degree. Vacancy runs 6.9%. Households earn a median $82,364 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. On demographic stress specifically, 49009 scores 31/100. There are about 20,449 housing units across 49009. Rent burden reaches 45% of tenant households. Roughly 11.1% live below the poverty line.

On balance, 49009 reads as a higher-equity, stable market where distress is selective and worth pinpointing parcel by parcel. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.