ZIP 49045 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Van Buren County, Michigan, ZIP 49045 scores 18 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (82/100). Its standout signals are structural risk (41/100), construction/permit lag (30/100), institutional ownership (19/100). institutional ownership (19/100) and mortgage stress (10/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 41 and live distress 3 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.8% over the trailing year, and 24% higher over three years, at 38/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

There are about 2,832 housing units across 49045. The tenure split is 84% owner-occupied to 16% rented. Roughly 16.3% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Vacancy runs 20.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. A median home runs $177,300 here, or 2.9 times local income. Households earn a median $58,328 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. About 14% have a four-year degree. Rent burden reaches 29% of tenant households. 5,109 residents call 49045 home, typically aged 49. On demographic stress specifically, 49045 scores 29/100.

Taken together, 49045 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.