ZIP 49454 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Mason County, Michigan, ZIP 49454 scores 5 of 100 for composite distress, a minimal level on DLRadar's public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (15/100), structural risk (11/100), mortgage stress (7/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (7/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) register low. On the structural side it scores 11/100, with 2/100 of stress already active.

The market reads peak — home values rose 4.2% year on year, and 29% higher over three years, at 26/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

About 4,905 people live here, median age 40. Rent burden reaches 41% of tenant households. A median home runs $194,300 here, or 3.1 times local income. 76% of housing is owner-occupied. 17.3% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Vacancy runs 12.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 31/100. Around 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. There are about 2,170 housing units across 49454. Households earn a median $56,643 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure.

Taken together, 49454 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. There is no property file for 49454 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable public records.

Whether 49454 runs hot or quiet, its 5/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 49454 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Mason County, Michigan or nationwide. Where the public record is thin for 49454, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

The 5/100 for 49454 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. Treat 49454 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.