ZIP 49261 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Jackson County, Michigan, ZIP 49261 scores 14 of 100 for composite distress, a minimal level on DLRadar's public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (77/100). Its standout signals are structural risk (29/100), institutional ownership (8/100), mortgage stress (5/100). institutional ownership (8/100) and mortgage stress (5/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 29 and live distress 1 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.6% over the trailing year, 3.2% off the recent peak, at 53/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

243 residents call 49261 home, typically aged 28. A median home runs $208,800 here, or 2.5 times local income. Vacancy runs 28.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. There are about 137 housing units across 49261. Roughly 30.0% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Rent burden reaches 100% of tenant households. The tenure split is 64% owner-occupied to 36% rented. On demographic stress specifically, 49261 scores 44/100. About 20% have a four-year degree. Households earn a median $89,063 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure.

Taken together, 49261 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.