ZIP 49050 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 49050 (Barry County, Michigan) at a minimal 13/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (50/100), structural risk (28/100), mortgage stress (3/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (3/100) and institutional ownership (3/100). Structural risk reads 28/100 against active distress of 1/100.

The expansion-phase market in 49050 posted values that rose 5.5% over the year, and 15% higher over three years, at 33/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Population is roughly 1,381 with a median age of 49. Home values center near $275,400, an affordability ratio of 3.6× — accessible. There are about 592 housing units across 49050. 10.4% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Rent burden reaches 21% of tenant households. Median household income is $72,308, near the U.S. median near $78,000. Vacancy runs 9.5%. Educational attainment sits at 10% bachelor's-or-above. Owners hold 92% of homes, renters 8%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 27/100.

On balance 49050 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.