ZIP 49342 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Mecosta County, Michigan, ZIP 49342 scores 17 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural exposure scores 37 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (66/100), structural risk (37/100), mortgage stress (5/100). mortgage stress (5/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (68/100).

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.6% over the trailing year, and 40% higher over three years, at 34/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

1,437 residents call 49342 home, typically aged 44. Vacancy runs 27.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The tenure split is 81% owner-occupied to 19% rented. About 21% have a four-year degree. Roughly 9.1% live below the poverty line. There are about 952 housing units across 49342. A median home runs $168,300 here, or 2.8 times local income. Rent burden reaches 38% of tenant households. On demographic stress specifically, 49342 scores 29/100. Households earn a median $50,132 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure.

Taken together, 49342 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.