ZIP 49265 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 49265 in Lenawee County, Michigan carries a composite property-distress score of 13/100 — a minimal reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural exposure scores 26 and live distress 1 on the 0–100 scale. 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. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (71/100).

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.6% year on year, and 25% higher over three years, at 34/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

The typical home is worth about $274,900 (3.5× income, relatively affordable). There are about 2,462 housing units across 49265. About 5,137 people live here, median age 49. At $70,020, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. Around 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Vacancy runs 13.7%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The poverty rate is 6.0% — low. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 25/100. 91% of housing is owner-occupied. Rent burden reaches 19% of tenant households.

Net-net, 49265 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.