Wisconsin Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

DLRadar grades property distress across all of Wisconsin from verifiable records alone. Across the state the phase mix is 41 peak, 27 expansion, 4 neutral. Wisconsin leans peak overall, with average prices up 4.8% YoY. 72 counties and 783 ZIPs are tracked statewide, averaging 20/100.

Forest County, Oconto County, Green County, Clark County, Price County top Wisconsin for distress; drill into any for the ZIP detail.

At the ZIP level, the highest distress in Wisconsin shows up in 53110 (37/100), 53129 (37/100), 53130 (37/100), 53132 (37/100), 53154 (37/100).

Here is the county-by-county distress and phase picture for Wisconsin.

Adams County reads peak — homes +4.6% YoY, lender pressure 39/100. Ashland County sits in peak, homes +4.6% YoY, bank stress 22/100. DLRadar reads Barron County as expansion — values rising 5.3%, a 56/100 lender reading. Bayfield County — peak, up 4.6% on the year. Brown County is in its expansion phase, prices up 5.3%, lender pressure 41/100. Buffalo County is peak (up 4.6% on the year). Burnett County — peak, up 4.6% on the year, headwind 42/100.

In Calumet County, peak: prices up 4.8%. Chippewa County reads peak — appreciation near 1.5%, bank stress 56/100. Clark County is peak (up 4.6% on the year, lender pressure 81/100). Columbia County is neutral (values rising 4.7%). Crawford County reads peak — appreciation near 4.6%, headwind 53/100. Dane County reads neutral — values rising 4.7%, lender pressure 56/100. Dodge County: expansion, prices up 5.3%, bank stress 45/100.

Door County — peak, prices up 4.6%, bank stress 29/100. Douglas County sits in peak, appreciation near 3.4%. Dunn County: expansion, homes +5.3% YoY, lender pressure 59/100. Eau Claire County — peak, prices up 1.5%, bank stress 54/100. Florence County is in its expansion phase, appreciation near 5.3%, lender pressure 74/100. Fond Du Lac County is in its expansion phase, up 5.7% on the year. Forest County: peak, values rising 4.6%, headwind 100/100.

Grant County is in its expansion phase, appreciation near 5.3%, lender pressure 60/100. Green County — neutral, up 4.7% on the year, headwind 91/100. Green Lake County reads peak — up 4.6% on the year, headwind 23/100. In Iowa County, neutral: prices up 4.7%, bank stress 36/100. DLRadar reads Iron County as peak — appreciation near 4.6%, bank stress 43/100. In Jackson County, peak: values rising 4.6%, headwind 61/100. Jefferson County is expansion (up 5.3% on the year, headwind 59/100).

Juneau County — peak, homes +4.6% YoY. Kenosha County reads expansion — values rising 8.1%, bank stress 47/100. Kewaunee County: expansion, homes +5.3% YoY, bank stress 51/100. La Crosse County is peak (up 5.0% on the year, a 34/100 lender reading). Lafayette County — peak, homes +4.6% YoY, headwind 62/100. Langlade County sits in peak, values rising 4.6%, lender pressure 65/100. Lincoln County — peak, up 4.6% on the year, a 51/100 lender reading.

Manitowoc County reads expansion — prices up 5.3%, bank stress 30/100. Marathon County reads expansion — values rising 5.1%, a 48/100 lender reading. Marinette County — expansion, up 5.3% on the year, headwind 68/100. Marquette County sits in peak, appreciation near 4.6%. Menominee County sits in expansion, appreciation near 5.3%, headwind 53/100. DLRadar reads Milwaukee County as expansion — values rising 5.7%, headwind 48/100. Monroe County reads expansion — prices up 5.3%, bank stress 60/100.

Oconto County: expansion, homes +5.3% YoY, headwind 100/100. Oneida County is peak (prices up 4.6%, lender pressure 47/100). Outagamie County is peak (up 4.8% on the year, a 48/100 lender reading). DLRadar reads Ozaukee County as expansion — appreciation near 5.7%, a 66/100 lender reading. Pepin County — peak, homes +4.6% YoY. Pierce County reads peak — up 2.4% on the year, bank stress 78/100. Polk County is peak (prices up 4.6%, headwind 68/100).

Portage County reads expansion — prices up 5.3%, a 45/100 lender reading.

Wisconsin opportunity phases: 52 weak, 12 early_signal, 4 watchlist, 3 peak_opportunity, 1 overheated; Wisconsin average index 26.0. Best-ranked Wisconsin counties: Forest #374 (34.1), vacancy; Sawyer #541 (33.2), vacancy; Iron #583 (33.0), vacancy in Wisconsin; Juneau #642 (32.7), vacancy; Burnett #767 (32.1), vacancy; Lincoln #767 (32.1), vacancy.

Wisconsin mortgages ninety-plus days late: 0.5%; Wisconsin thirty-to-eighty-nine days late 1.3% (December 2025); 11 Wisconsin counties sit in the CFPB sample; highest Wisconsin county readings: Rock 0.8%, Milwaukee 0.7%, Outagamie 0.7%, Racine 0.7%, Winnebago 0.4%.

Wisconsin county unemployment averages 3.4% across 72 counties; Wisconsin permitted 25,801 housing units in twelve months (11,149 multifamily); 299,092 of 2,778,572 Wisconsin housing units are vacant; 785,523 Wisconsin renter households, 35.0% spending 30%+ of income on rent.

Wisconsin ZIP price-cycle phases: 1,491 peak, 708 expansion, 221 neutral, 77 contraction, 23 recovery.