ZIP 49302 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 49302 (Kent County, Michigan) at a moderate 30/100 for overall property distress. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (79/100)). Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (66/100), institutional ownership (49/100), construction/permit lag (41/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (18/100). Structural exposure scores 66 and live distress 5 on the 0–100 scale.

The expansion-phase market in 49302 posted values that rose 5.5% over the year, and 16% higher over three years, at 33/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

There are about 3,180 housing units across 49302. Rent burden reaches 49% of tenant households. Home values center near $400,700, an affordability ratio of 3.1× — accessible. Vacancy runs 3.2%. Owners hold 97% of homes, renters 3%. 2.8% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 25/100. Median household income is $125,264, above the U.S. median near $78,000. Population is roughly 9,657 with a median age of 39. Educational attainment sits at 45% bachelor's-or-above.

On balance 49302 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.