ZIP 49026 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 49026 in Van Buren County, Michigan carries a composite property-distress score of 18/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (75/100), climate & FEMA risk (62/100)). The latent-versus-live split is 41/100 structural and 3/100 already moving. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (41/100), construction/permit lag (31/100), institutional ownership (17/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (17/100) and mortgage stress (9/100).

The expansion-phase market in 49026 posted values that rose 6.3% over the year, and 51% higher over three years (phase confidence 37/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Median household income is $65,699, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Educational attainment sits at 15% bachelor's-or-above. Home values center near $161,400, an affordability ratio of 2.5× — accessible. Around 25% of renters are cost-burdened. 22.6% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 29/100. The ZIP holds roughly 1,006 housing units. 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. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.