ZIP 49026 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Van Buren County, Michigan's ZIP 49026 registers 19/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (75/100), climate & FEMA risk (62/100)). Structural exposure scores 45 and live distress 3 on the 0–100 scale. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (45/100), construction/permit lag (41/100), institutional ownership (20/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (20/100) and mortgage stress (9/100) register low.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.3% year on year, and 51% higher over three years, at 31/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

At $65,699, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Around 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Home values center near $161,400, an affordability ratio of 2.5× — accessible. Rent burden reaches 25% of tenant households. 22.6% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. On demographic stress specifically, 49026 scores 29/100. There are about 1,006 housing units across 49026. Owners hold 87% of homes, renters 13%. Population is roughly 1,642 with a median age of 52. The vacancy rate is 30.4% — elevated.

On the whole, 49026 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. There is no property file for 49026 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable public records.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 49026's 19/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Van Buren County, Michigan or any ZIP coast to coast. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 49026 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

The 19/100 for 49026 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. In workflow terms, 49026 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.