ZIP 49854 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Schoolcraft County, Michigan's ZIP 49854 registers 8/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as minimal. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (59/100), structural risk (18/100), mortgage stress (8/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (8/100) and institutional ownership (3/100). Structural risk reads 18/100 against active distress of 2/100.

The expansion-phase market in 49854 posted values that rose 6.3% over the year, and 32% higher over three years, at 37/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

There are about 4,383 housing units across 49854. Median household income is $57,212, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Owners hold 85% of homes, renters 15%. Educational attainment sits at 21% bachelor's-or-above. Vacancy runs 30.0%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 40% of tenant households. Population is roughly 6,148 with a median age of 54. 14.6% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Home values center near $125,400, an affordability ratio of 2.0× — accessible. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 27/100.

On the whole, 49854 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.