ZIP 49229 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 49229 in Lenawee County, Michigan carries a composite property-distress score of 15/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (73/100). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (33/100), construction/permit lag (29/100), institutional ownership (8/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (8/100) and mortgage stress (5/100) register low. Structural exposure scores 33 and live distress 1 on the 0–100 scale.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.5% year on year, and 5% higher over three years, at 34/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

The typical home is worth about $226,600 (2.4× income, relatively affordable). Vacancy runs 10.4%. There are about 1,485 housing units across 49229. At $92,150, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. 89% of housing is owner-occupied. The poverty rate is 6.4% — low. Around 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Rent burden reaches 63% of tenant households. About 3,538 people live here, median age 46. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 29/100.

Overall 49229 looks resilient on the surface, so the edge is isolating individual stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.