ZIP 49338 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Composite property distress in 49338 (Newaygo County, Michigan) lands at 21/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (72/100). Structural risk reads 47/100 against active distress of 2/100. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (47/100), institutional ownership (44/100), construction/permit lag (26/100). By contrast, construction/permit lag (26/100) and mortgage stress (5/100) register low.

The expansion-phase market in 49338 posted values that rose 5.1% over the year, and 14% higher over three years (phase confidence 30/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

At $64,297, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. 18.3% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Around 28% of renters are cost-burdened. About 19% have a four-year degree. The vacancy rate is 17.5% — elevated. The ZIP holds roughly 808 housing units. A median home runs $161,900 here, or 2.4 times local income. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 28/100. The tenure split is 80% owner-occupied to 20% rented. About 1,861 people live here, median age 34.

Taken together, 49338 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. There is no property file for 49338 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable public records.

The 49338 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 21/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 49338 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Newaygo County, Michigan. 49338 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

The 21/100 figure for 49338 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. For an operator, 49338 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.