ZIP 49238 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 49238 in Lenawee County, Michigan carries a composite property-distress score of 20/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural risk reads 43/100 against active distress of 2/100. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (47/100), structural risk (43/100), institutional ownership (17/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (17/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (75/100).

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.4% year on year, and 28% higher over three years, at 35/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 2,009 people live here, median age 35. There are about 854 housing units across 49238. 86% of housing is owner-occupied. Rent burden reaches 47% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 12.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Around 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The typical home is worth about $208,200 (2.6× income, relatively affordable). The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 31/100. At $75,142, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 23.8% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate.

Net-net, 49238 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.