ZIP 49234 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP 49234's composite property-distress score is 16/100 - DLRadar classes that as low for Jackson County, Michigan. Structural exposure scores 36 and live distress 1 on the 0–100 scale. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (36/100), construction/permit lag (26/100), institutional ownership (8/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (8/100) and mortgage stress (5/100). Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (77/100).

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.8% over the trailing year, and 6% higher over three years, at 31/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Home values center near $295,000, an affordability ratio of 2.5× — accessible. Median household income is $113,333, above the U.S. median near $78,000. Population is roughly 2,480 with a median age of 53. The ZIP holds roughly 1,352 housing units. 4.8% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 18/100. The vacancy rate is 19.1% — elevated. Educational attainment sits at 35% bachelor's-or-above. The tenure split is 91% owner-occupied to 9% rented. Around 0% of renters are cost-burdened.

On the whole, 49234 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. 49234 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 49234's 16/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Jackson County, Michigan or any ZIP coast to coast. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 49234 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

The 16/100 figure for 49234 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. Practically, 49234 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.