ZIP 49544 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 49544 in Kent County, Michigan carries a composite property-distress score of 29/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (76/100). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (65/100), institutional ownership (48/100), construction/permit lag (41/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (18/100) register low. Structural exposure scores 65 and live distress 5 on the 0–100 scale.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.5% year on year, and 27% higher over three years, at 33/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 9,918 people live here, median age 38. The typical home is worth about $264,000 (3.5× income, relatively affordable). Vacancy runs 1.1%. 64% of housing is owner-occupied. Rent burden reaches 29% of tenant households. Around 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. There are about 4,048 housing units across 49544. At $69,706, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 10.3%. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 28/100.

Net-net, 49544 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.