ZIP 49079 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 49079 (Van Buren County, Michigan) lands at 17/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (40/100), construction/permit lag (25/100), institutional ownership (18/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (18/100) and mortgage stress (10/100) register low. On the structural side it scores 40/100, with 3/100 of stress already active. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (81/100), climate & FEMA risk (61/100).

The market reads expansion — home values rose 6.4% year on year, and 21% higher over three years (phase confidence 37/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

At $72,119, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. The ZIP holds roughly 6,216 housing units. The vacancy rate is 12.0% — elevated. Around 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Around 26% of renters are cost-burdened. About 13,364 people live here, median age 39. 78% of housing is owner-occupied. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 27/100. The poverty rate is 12.3%. The typical home is worth about $234,400 (3.0× income, relatively affordable).

Net-net, 49079 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.