ZIP 49117 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Berrien County, Michigan, ZIP 49117 scores 17 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (82/100). Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (45/100), structural risk (36/100), mortgage stress (4/100). mortgage stress (4/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) stay muted. Structural risk reads 36/100 against active distress of 1/100.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.6% over the trailing year, and 29% higher over three years, at 56/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

3,512 residents call 49117 home, typically aged 56. Households earn a median $75,268 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. There are about 3,823 housing units across 49117. On demographic stress specifically, 49117 scores 42/100. The tenure split is 76% owner-occupied to 24% rented. About 46% have a four-year degree. Vacancy runs 52.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Roughly 13.2% live below the poverty line. A median home runs $488,000 here, or 6.0 times local income. Rent burden reaches 58% of tenant households.

Taken together, 49117 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.