ZIP 49253 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

DLRadar grades ZIP 49253 (Lenawee County, Michigan) at a low 15/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (43/100), structural risk (33/100), mortgage stress (3/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (3/100) and institutional ownership (3/100). Structural risk reads 33/100 against active distress of 1/100. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (71/100)).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.2% over the trailing year, and 20% higher over three years, at 26/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

At $79,946, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 13.7%. Vacancy runs 40.6%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 41% of tenant households. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 29/100. Around 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. There are about 2,078 housing units across 49253. Population is roughly 2,923 with a median age of 54. The tenure split is 95% owner-occupied to 5% rented. Home values center near $255,000, an affordability ratio of 2.8× — accessible.

Taken together, 49253 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.

The 49253 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 15/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 49253 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Lenawee County, Michigan. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 49253, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

49253'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. Treat 49253 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.