ZIP 49256 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 49256 in Lenawee County, Michigan carries a composite property-distress score of 13/100 — a minimal reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (71/100). What sets it apart are the readings on 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. Structural risk reads 26/100 against active distress of 1/100.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.6% year on year, and 9% higher over three years, at 34/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 3,830 people live here, median age 39. The typical home is worth about $129,400 (1.9× income, relatively affordable). The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 22/100. Vacancy runs 9.4%. 80% of housing is owner-occupied. Rent burden reaches 8% of tenant households. There are about 1,661 housing units across 49256. Around 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The poverty rate is 11.4%. At $60,982, median income runs below typical U.S. levels.

Net-net, 49256 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.