ZIP 49454 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 49454 in Mason County, Michigan carries a composite property-distress score of 14/100 — a minimal reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (33/100), mortgage stress (7/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (7/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) register low. Structural risk reads 33/100 against active distress of 2/100.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.6% year on year, and 29% higher over three years, at 34/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 4,905 people live here, median age 40. Rent burden reaches 41% of tenant households. The typical home is worth about $194,300 (3.1× income, relatively affordable). 76% of housing is owner-occupied. The poverty rate is 17.3% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Vacancy runs 12.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 31/100. Around 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. There are about 2,170 housing units across 49454. At $56,643, median income runs below typical U.S. levels.

Net-net, 49454 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.