ZIP 49879 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Marquette County, Michigan, ZIP 49879 scores 14 of 100 for composite distress, a minimal level on DLRadar's public-record index. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (43/100), structural risk (30/100), mortgage stress (5/100). mortgage stress (5/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) stay muted. On the structural side it scores 30/100, with 1/100 of stress already active. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (63/100).

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.9% over the trailing year (phase confidence 35/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

Households earn a median $52,188 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. 1,105 residents call 49879 home, typically aged 60. Roughly 13.0% live below the poverty line. About 17% have a four-year degree. Around 54% of renters are cost-burdened. The ZIP holds roughly 970 housing units. The vacancy rate is 44.7% — elevated. A median home runs $97,500 here, or 1.7 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 49879 scores 30/100. The tenure split is 88% owner-occupied to 12% rented.

Taken together, 49879 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.