ZIP 49221 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 49221 (Lenawee County, Michigan) at a minimal 13/100 for overall property distress. Structural exposure scores 26 and live distress 1 on the 0–100 scale. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (71/100)). Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (26/100), construction/permit lag (17/100), mortgage stress (3/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (3/100) and institutional ownership (3/100).

The expansion-phase market in 49221 posted values that rose 5.6% over the year, and 18% higher over three years, at 34/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Population is roughly 41,041 with a median age of 40. There are about 17,187 housing units across 49221. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 30/100. Median household income is $57,316, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Owners hold 69% of homes, renters 31%. Vacancy runs 8.3%. 17.6% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Rent burden reaches 43% of tenant households. Home values center near $170,400, an affordability ratio of 2.8× — accessible. Educational attainment sits at 22% bachelor's-or-above.

On balance 49221 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.