ZIP 49301 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Kent County, Michigan, ZIP 49301 scores 30 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (79/100). The latent-versus-live split is 66/100 structural and 5/100 already moving. Its standout signals are structural risk (66/100), institutional ownership (49/100), construction/permit lag (41/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (18/100) register low.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.5% year on year, and 24% higher over three years (phase confidence 33/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

The vacancy rate is 2.8%. The poverty rate is 1.6% — low. At $173,008, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. Around 33% of renters are cost-burdened. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 19/100. About 20,492 people live here, median age 43. Around 70% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 95% of housing is owner-occupied. The typical home is worth about $548,800 (3.0× income, relatively affordable). The ZIP holds roughly 7,193 housing units.

Net-net, 49301 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.