ZIP 49254 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 distress scale, ZIP 49254 in Jackson County, Michigan comes in at 16, a low composite-distress reading. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (77/100). Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (35/100), structural risk (35/100), mortgage stress (5/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (5/100) and institutional ownership (5/100). Structural risk reads 35/100 against active distress of 1/100.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.8% year on year, and 5% higher over three years, at 31/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

Home values center near $172,100, an affordability ratio of 2.3× — accessible. The vacancy rate is 8.4%. Population is roughly 3,617 with a median age of 43. Median household income is $73,750, near the U.S. median near $78,000. Owners hold 86% of homes, renters 14%. Roughly 3.8% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. The ZIP holds roughly 1,812 housing units. Rent burden reaches 28% of tenant households. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 22/100. Educational attainment sits at 22% bachelor's-or-above.

Overall, 49254 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Parcel-level detail for 49254 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.

The number is not local guesswork: 49254's 16/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed as records update; 49254 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.

49254'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, 49254 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.