ZIP 49227 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 49227 (Hillsdale County, Michigan) lands at 11/100 — minimal on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (24/100), construction/permit lag (13/100), institutional ownership (8/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (8/100) and mortgage stress (6/100). Structural risk reads 24/100 against active distress of 2/100.

The expansion-phase market in 49227 posted values that rose 5.6% over the year, and 11% higher over three years, at 34/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Vacancy runs 11.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 34/100. Home values center near $159,000, an affordability ratio of 3.3× — accessible. Educational attainment sits at 15% bachelor's-or-above. There are about 561 housing units across 49227. Median household income is $51,848, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Population is roughly 1,210 with a median age of 45. 24.0% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Owners hold 84% of homes, renters 16%. Rent burden reaches 47% of tenant households.

On the whole, 49227 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.