ZIP 49036 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Branch County, Michigan, ZIP 49036 scores 14 of 100 for composite distress, a minimal level on DLRadar's public-record index. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (66/100), structural risk (32/100), mortgage stress (5/100). mortgage stress (5/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) stay muted. Structural risk reads 32/100 against active distress of 1/100.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.6% over the trailing year, and 18% higher over three years, at 34/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

24,697 residents call 49036 home, typically aged 43. On demographic stress specifically, 49036 scores 29/100. A median home runs $167,800 here, or 2.6 times local income. Roughly 16.1% live below the poverty line. The tenure split is 75% owner-occupied to 25% rented. Vacancy runs 20.1%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Households earn a median $59,649 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. About 18% have a four-year degree. There are about 11,863 housing units across 49036. Rent burden reaches 33% of tenant households.

Taken together, 49036 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.