ZIP 49934 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 49934 (Houghton County, Michigan) lands at 14/100 — minimal on DLRadar's public-record scoring. On the structural side it scores 32/100, with 2/100 of stress already active. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (89/100), structural risk (32/100), mortgage stress (6/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (6/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) register low.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.6% year on year (phase confidence 34/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

At $48,563, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. About 949 people live here, median age 41. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 21/100. The vacancy rate is 18.5% — elevated. The poverty rate is 5.3% — low. Around 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Around 28% of renters are cost-burdened. The ZIP holds roughly 491 housing units. The typical home is worth about $72,000 (1.7× income, relatively affordable). 92% of housing is owner-occupied.

Net-net, 49934 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.