ZIP 49106 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Berrien County, Michigan's ZIP 49106 registers 17/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Structural risk reads 36/100 against active distress of 1/100. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (45/100), structural risk (36/100), mortgage stress (4/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (4/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (82/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 4.6% year on year, and 25% higher over three years, at 56/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

77% of housing is owner-occupied. Vacancy runs 18.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The typical home is worth about $262,400 (3.2× income, relatively affordable). Rent burden reaches 28% of tenant households. There are about 2,332 housing units across 49106. Around 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 27/100. The poverty rate is 7.8%. About 5,086 people live here, median age 45. At $75,064, median income runs near typical U.S. levels.

Net-net, 49106 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.