ZIP 49418 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 49418 in Kent County, Michigan carries a composite property-distress score of 25/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural risk reads 55/100 against active distress of 4/100. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (55/100), construction/permit lag (41/100), institutional ownership (33/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (33/100) and mortgage stress (13/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (90/100).

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.5% year on year, and 19% higher over three years, at 33/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 30,907 people live here, median age 37. The typical home is worth about $321,700 (3.5× income, relatively affordable). The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 28/100. Vacancy runs 4.2%. There are about 13,319 housing units across 49418. At $83,485, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 6.4% — low. Around 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 71% of housing is owner-occupied. Rent burden reaches 43% of tenant households.

Net-net, 49418 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.