ZIP 49098 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Berrien County, Michigan's ZIP 49098 registers 17/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Structural risk reads 38/100 against active distress of 2/100. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (77/100)). The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (42/100), structural risk (38/100), mortgage stress (6/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (6/100) and institutional ownership (6/100).

The expansion-phase market in 49098 posted values that rose 5.0% over the year, and 32% higher over three years, at 52/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Population is roughly 5,791 with a median age of 39. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 34/100. Vacancy runs 24.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Educational attainment sits at 21% bachelor's-or-above. Owners hold 74% of homes, renters 26%. Median household income is $56,899, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Home values center near $164,200, an affordability ratio of 2.6× — accessible. There are about 3,137 housing units across 49098. 22.8% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Rent burden reaches 54% of tenant households.

On the whole, 49098 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.