ZIP 49230 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 49230 in Jackson County, Michigan carries a composite property-distress score of 16/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (76/100)). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (35/100), construction/permit lag (30/100), institutional ownership (7/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (7/100) and mortgage stress (4/100) register low. The latent-versus-live split is 35/100 structural and 1/100 already moving.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.4% over the trailing year, and 22% higher over three years, at 27/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

The vacancy rate is 25.4% — elevated. The typical home is worth about $270,000 (3.1× income, relatively affordable). Around 63% of renters are cost-burdened. The tenure split is 91% owner-occupied to 9% rented. Educational attainment sits at 27% bachelor's-or-above. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 31/100. Population is roughly 10,259 with a median age of 55. The ZIP holds roughly 5,916 housing units. The poverty rate is 6.7% — low. Median household income is $81,052, near the U.S. median near $78,000.

Taken together, 49230 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. No parcel file is published for 49230 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

The number is not local guesswork: 49230's 16/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 49230 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

49230's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. For an operator, 49230 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.