ZIP 49508 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 49508 in Kent County, Michigan carries a composite property-distress score of 30/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (79/100). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (66/100), institutional ownership (49/100), construction/permit lag (41/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (18/100) register low. Structural exposure scores 66 and live distress 5 on the 0–100 scale.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.5% year on year, and 17% higher over three years, at 33/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 41,924 people live here, median age 36. 61% of housing is owner-occupied. The poverty rate is 11.6%. Vacancy runs 3.6%. The typical home is worth about $281,600 (4.0× income, relatively affordable). Around 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Rent burden reaches 46% of tenant households. At $65,328, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. There are about 16,411 housing units across 49508. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 33/100.

Net-net, 49508 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.