ZIP 49917 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Houghton County, Michigan's ZIP 49917 registers 14/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as minimal. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (89/100), structural risk (32/100), mortgage stress (6/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (6/100) and institutional ownership (3/100). Structural risk reads 32/100 against active distress of 2/100.

The expansion-phase market in 49917 posted values that rose 5.6% over the year, at 34/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Population is roughly 304 with a median age of 32. Home values center near $107,800, an affordability ratio of 1.8× — accessible. Vacancy runs 32.1%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Owners hold 92% of homes, renters 8%. Rent burden reaches 17% of tenant households. There are about 144 housing units across 49917. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 24/100. 8.9% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Educational attainment sits at 16% bachelor's-or-above. Median household income is $52,188, below the U.S. median near $78,000.

On the whole, 49917 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.