ZIP 49343 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 49343 (Kent County, Michigan) at a low 21/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (47/100), construction/permit lag (42/100), institutional ownership (27/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (27/100) and mortgage stress (11/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (72/100). On the structural side it scores 47/100, with 3/100 of stress already active.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.8% year on year, and 18% higher over three years (phase confidence 35/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

At $81,722, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. Around 47% of renters are cost-burdened. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 29/100. Around 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. About 5,445 people live here, median age 45. 88% of housing is owner-occupied. The poverty rate is 8.3%. The typical home is worth about $244,200 (2.9× income, relatively affordable). The ZIP holds roughly 2,798 housing units. The vacancy rate is 14.8% — elevated.

Net-net, 49343 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.