ZIP 49668 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 49668 (Wexford County, Michigan) at a minimal 9/100 for overall property distress. The latent-versus-live split is 20/100 structural and 1/100 already moving. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (40/100), structural risk (20/100), mortgage stress (5/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (5/100) and institutional ownership (3/100).

The expansion-phase market in 49668 posted values that rose 5.6% over the year, and 22% higher over three years (phase confidence 34/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

The vacancy rate is 25.8% — elevated. Owners hold 86% of homes, renters 14%. 20.7% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Around 48% of renters are cost-burdened. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 32/100. Educational attainment sits at 14% bachelor's-or-above. The ZIP holds roughly 1,931 housing units. Population is roughly 3,536 with a median age of 41. Median household income is $59,730, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Home values center near $162,100, an affordability ratio of 2.5× — accessible.

On the whole, 49668 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.