ZIP 49458 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Composite property distress in 49458 (Mason County, Michigan) lands at 5/100 — minimal on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The pressure is most legible in construction/permit lag (15/100), structural risk (11/100), mortgage stress (7/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (7/100) and institutional ownership (3/100). The latent-versus-live split is 11/100 structural and 2/100 already moving.

The peak-phase market in 49458 posted values that rose 4.2% over the year, at 26/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Population is roughly 177 with a median age of 41. The typical home is worth about $57,800 (0.7× income, relatively affordable). At $84,583, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. The vacancy rate is 53.6% — elevated. About 19% have a four-year degree. There are about 105 housing units across 49458. The tenure split is 93% owner-occupied to 7% rented. Roughly 0.0% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. Around 0% of renters are cost-burdened. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 19/100.

On the whole, 49458 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. 49458 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

Whether 49458 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 49458 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Mason County, Michigan or nationwide. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 49458 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

The 5/100 figure for 49458 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. For an operator, 49458 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.