ZIP 49129 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Berrien County, Michigan's ZIP 49129 registers 17/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (82/100). The latent-versus-live split is 36/100 structural and 1/100 already moving. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (45/100), structural risk (36/100), mortgage stress (4/100). mortgage stress (4/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.6% over the trailing year, and 28% higher over three years (phase confidence 56/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Households earn a median $104,000 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. Around 53% of renters are cost-burdened. Roughly 0.7% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. The tenure split is 93% owner-occupied to 7% rented. About 70% have a four-year degree. The ZIP holds roughly 1,153 housing units. On demographic stress specifically, 49129 scores 36/100. 615 residents call 49129 home, typically aged 61. The vacancy rate is 72.2% — elevated. A median home runs $654,200 here, or 5.6 times local income.

Taken together, 49129 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.