ZIP 49506 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 49506 (Kent County, Michigan) lands at 30/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (79/100)). The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (66/100), institutional ownership (49/100), construction/permit lag (41/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (18/100). Structural risk reads 66/100 against active distress of 5/100.

The expansion-phase market in 49506 posted values that rose 5.5% over the year, and 21% higher over three years, at 33/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Home values center near $375,000, an affordability ratio of 3.0× — accessible. Median household income is $112,287, above the U.S. median near $78,000. Vacancy runs 4.4%. Owners hold 76% of homes, renters 24%. There are about 13,029 housing units across 49506. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 22/100. Population is roughly 35,025 with a median age of 33. Educational attainment sits at 67% bachelor's-or-above. 7.3% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Rent burden reaches 29% of tenant households.

On balance 49506 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.