ZIP 49057 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Van Buren County, Michigan, ZIP 49057 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 (81/100), climate & FEMA risk (61/100). Structural risk reads 43/100 against active distress of 3/100. Its standout signals are structural risk (43/100), construction/permit lag (34/100), institutional ownership (18/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (18/100) and mortgage stress (10/100).

The expansion-phase market in 49057 posted values that rose 5.5% over the year, and 8% higher over three years, at 32/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

At $56,375, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Population is roughly 6,405 with a median age of 34. Rent burden reaches 23% of tenant households. About 10% have a four-year degree. The poverty rate is 10.7%. On demographic stress specifically, 49057 scores 25/100. The ZIP holds roughly 2,566 housing units. Home values center near $118,400, an affordability ratio of 2.0× — accessible. 78% of housing is owner-occupied. The vacancy rate is 8.6%.

On balance 49057 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. 49057 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 49057's 18/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Van Buren County, Michigan or any ZIP coast to coast. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 49057, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

Behind 49057's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. In workflow terms, 49057 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.