ZIP 49046 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 49046 (Barry County, Michigan) at a minimal 13/100 for overall property distress. On the structural side it scores 28/100, with 1/100 of stress already active. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (50/100), structural risk (28/100), mortgage stress (3/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (3/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) register low.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.5% year on year, and 31% higher over three years (phase confidence 33/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

At $83,393, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. Around 40% of renters are cost-burdened. The poverty rate is 7.0% — low. The vacancy rate is 22.1% — elevated. About 6,944 people live here, median age 50. 92% of housing is owner-occupied. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 28/100. The typical home is worth about $312,100 (3.2× income, relatively affordable). Around 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The ZIP holds roughly 3,805 housing units.

Net-net, 49046 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.