ZIP 49935 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Scored purely from public records, 49935 (Iron County, Michigan) returns a low composite of 18/100. Its heaviest discrete signals: construction/permit lag (44/100), structural risk (37/100), institutional ownership (30/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (30/100) and mortgage stress (10/100). Latent structural risk is 37/100 while live distress already moving reads 3/100.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.5% year on year, and 46% higher over three years (phase confidence 32/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

The vacancy rate is 41.0% — elevated. Median household income is $52,254, below the U.S. median near $78,000. 81% of housing is owner-occupied. 17.3% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. The ZIP holds roughly 4,488 housing units. Around 21% of renters are cost-burdened. Home values center near $111,500, an affordability ratio of 2.0× — accessible. Around 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Population is roughly 5,969 with a median age of 51. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 27/100.

On the whole, 49935 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.

Big metro or rural, 49935 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 18/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Iron County, Michigan and the nation. Sparse data for 49935 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

The 18/100 for 49935 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. For a buyer, 49935 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.