ZIP 49920 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 49920 (Iron County, Michigan) lands at 13/100 — minimal on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (47/100), structural risk (28/100), mortgage stress (10/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (10/100) and institutional ownership (5/100). Structural risk reads 28/100 against active distress of 3/100.

The expansion-phase market in 49920 posted values that rose 6.4% over the year, and 30% higher over three years, at 37/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Owners hold 90% of homes, renters 10%. Rent burden reaches 43% of tenant households. Population is roughly 4,243 with a median age of 56. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 28/100. Home values center near $129,500, an affordability ratio of 2.0× — accessible. There are about 3,391 housing units across 49920. Median household income is $61,028, below the U.S. median near $78,000. 15.3% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Vacancy runs 40.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Educational attainment sits at 22% bachelor's-or-above.

On the whole, 49920 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.