ZIP 49504 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Kent County, Michigan, ZIP 49504 scores 30 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (79/100). Its standout signals are structural risk (66/100), institutional ownership (49/100), construction/permit lag (41/100). mortgage stress (18/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 66 and live distress 5 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.5% over the trailing year, and 22% higher over three years, at 33/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

40,402 residents call 49504 home, typically aged 33. The tenure split is 58% owner-occupied to 42% rented. Vacancy runs 7.9%. On demographic stress specifically, 49504 scores 31/100. About 39% have a four-year degree. Roughly 15.6% live below the poverty line. There are about 18,769 housing units across 49504. Rent burden reaches 44% of tenant households. A median home runs $243,500 here, or 3.3 times local income. Households earn a median $68,326 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure.

Overall, 49504 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.