ZIP 49938 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 49938 (Gogebic County, Michigan) at a minimal 7/100 for overall property distress. On the structural side it scores 15/100, with 2/100 of stress already active. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (33/100), structural risk (15/100), mortgage stress (8/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (8/100) and institutional ownership (3/100).

The expansion-phase market in 49938 posted values that rose 6.4% over the year, and 27% higher over three years (phase confidence 37/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Median household income is $44,379, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Around 33% of renters are cost-burdened. Educational attainment sits at 24% bachelor's-or-above. Home values center near $104,000, an affordability ratio of 2.1× — accessible. 13.7% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Population is roughly 7,424 with a median age of 52. Owners hold 78% of homes, renters 22%. The vacancy rate is 19.0% — elevated. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 26/100. The ZIP holds roughly 4,754 housing units.

On the whole, 49938 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.