ZIP 49614 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 public-record scale, ZIP 49614 in Manistee County, Michigan comes in at 13, a minimal composite-distress reading. Property-level stress concentrates in institutional ownership (32/100), structural risk (27/100), construction/permit lag (12/100). construction/permit lag (12/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) stay muted. Structurally it carries 27/100, against 2/100 of stress already in motion.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.5% over the trailing year, and 22% higher over three years, at 32/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

Population is roughly 2,903 with a median age of 53. Home values center near $223,100, an affordability ratio of 2.9× — accessible. There are about 1,986 housing units across 49614. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 28/100. Around 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Vacancy runs 40.1%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The poverty rate is 7.8%. Rent burden reaches 38% of tenant households. Owners hold 95% of homes, renters 5%. At $71,389, median income runs near typical U.S. levels.

Taken together, 49614 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.

The 49614 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 13/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 49614 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Manistee County, Michigan. Sparse data for 49614 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

The 13/100 for 49614 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. The point of the 49614 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.