ZIP 49024 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 public-record scale, ZIP 49024 in Kalamazoo County, Michigan comes in at 30, a moderate composite-distress reading. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (89/100), climate & FEMA risk (83/100). Structurally it carries 67/100, against 3/100 of stress already in motion. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (67/100), construction/permit lag (57/100), institutional ownership (48/100). mortgage stress (8/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 0.6% over the trailing year, and 16% higher over three years (phase confidence 35/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Around 31% of renters are cost-burdened. 30,937 residents call 49024 home, typically aged 37. At $86,427, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. The vacancy rate is 3.9%. Roughly 7.4% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. The tenure split is 67% owner-occupied to 33% rented. About 51% have a four-year degree. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 24/100. The ZIP holds roughly 13,274 housing units. The typical home is worth about $267,400 (2.9× income, relatively affordable).

Net-net, 49024 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.

Big metro or rural, 49024 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 30/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Kalamazoo County, Michigan and the nation. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed on ingest; 49024 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.

The 30/100 for 49024 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. Treat 49024 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.