ZIP 49259 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Jackson County, Michigan · High Vacancy market
In Jackson County, Michigan, ZIP 49259 scores 16 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's distress index. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (77/100)). Structural risk reads 35/100 against active distress of 1/100. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (35/100), structural risk (35/100), mortgage stress (5/100). mortgage stress (5/100) and institutional ownership (5/100) stay muted.
The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.8% year on year, and 22% higher over three years, at 31/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.
At $65,375, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Roughly 7.3% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 28/100. About 22% have a four-year degree. The typical home is worth about $208,300 (3.1× income, relatively affordable). 89% of housing is owner-occupied. Rent burden reaches 38% of tenant households. The ZIP holds roughly 1,209 housing units. The vacancy rate is 17.1% — elevated. 2,616 residents call 49259 home, typically aged 45.
Net-net, 49259 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.
Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 49259's 16/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Jackson County, Michigan or any ZIP coast to coast. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed as records update; 49259 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.
The 16/100 figure for 49259 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. In workflow terms, 49259 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.
What is driving ZIP 49259’s distress
Tax delinquency, institutional ownership, insurance pressure, NFIP/flood, construction lag, price dislocation and auction velocity — plus the 0 individual distressed properties come with owner, address, APN, an individual score and an exit read in the complete report.
ZIP 49259 Stress Report snapshot
Current distress, phase, housing and lender-pressure figures for 49259, drawn from the same report attached to each property.
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