ZIP 49253 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 49253 (Lenawee County, Michigan) at a minimal 13/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (26/100), construction/permit lag (17/100), mortgage stress (3/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (3/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) register low. The latent-versus-live split is 26/100 structural and 1/100 already moving. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (71/100).

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.6% year on year, and 20% higher over three years (phase confidence 34/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

At $79,946, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 13.7%. The vacancy rate is 40.6% — elevated. Around 41% of renters are cost-burdened. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 29/100. Around 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The ZIP holds roughly 2,078 housing units. About 2,923 people live here, median age 54. 95% of housing is owner-occupied. The typical home is worth about $255,000 (2.8× income, relatively affordable).

Net-net, 49253 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.