ZIP 49119 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 49119 (Berrien County, Michigan) lands at 17/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (82/100)). The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (45/100), structural risk (36/100), mortgage stress (4/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (4/100) and institutional ownership (3/100). Structural exposure scores 36 and live distress 1 on the 0–100 scale.

The peak-phase market in 49119 posted values that rose 4.6% over the year, at 56/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Home values center near $137,500, an affordability ratio of 3.1× — accessible. 2.9% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Population is roughly 108 with a median age of 50. Median household income is $54,554, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Vacancy runs 0.0%. There are about 67 housing units across 49119. Owners hold 68% of homes, renters 32%. Rent burden reaches 16% of tenant households. Educational attainment sits at 26% bachelor's-or-above. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 23/100.

On balance 49119 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.