Jefferson County, WI: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Jefferson County, WI, Wisconsin: 19 ZIP codes scored, Jefferson County, WI averaging 28/100 (low, Jefferson, WI), from 19 to 31. Jefferson County, WI is in its expansion phase (Jefferson, WI confidence 32/100): Jefferson, WI home prices up 5.3% (Jefferson, WI) over twelve months. Jefferson County, WI lender headwind: 59/100.

Highest-scoring Jefferson County, WI ZIPs: 53038 (31/100), 53094 (31/100), 53137 (31/100), 53156 (31/100), 53178 (31/100), 53538 (31/100). Also scored in Jefferson County, WI: 53549, 53551, 53118, 53119, 53066, 53036, 53190, 53534, 53563, 53523.

Across Jefferson County, WI's scored ZIPs: median home value $315,147, household income $88,648, 7.2% vacancy, 7.7% poverty, 77% owner-occupied, median age 42.6.

Jefferson County, WI insurance distress 63/100 (#829 in the US); FEMA hazard 63/100 for Jefferson, WI; 3 federal disaster declarations in Jefferson County, WI since 2023 (3 flood); 4 Jefferson, WI NFIP flood claims, $17K paid; Jefferson, WI construction distress 87/100.

11 banks with 23 branches lend in Jefferson County, WI; Jefferson, WI weighted bank stress 64/100, highest 75/100 in Jefferson, WI.

Jefferson County, WI unemployment 2.8% (Jefferson, WI -1.1 pts, six months); 198 new housing units permitted in Jefferson County, WI over twelve months, Jefferson, WI down 45% from 359; Jefferson, WI home prices +10.5% a year (Jefferson, WI) over three years.

36,890 housing units in Jefferson County, WI; 9,331 Jefferson, WI renter households; 36% of Jefferson, WI renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 18% (Jefferson, WI) half or more.

Jefferson County, WI ranks #2,804 nationally on the opportunity index (Jefferson, WI, among all ranked counties); Jefferson, WI scores 24.4/100 and Jefferson, WI sits #46 inside Wisconsin. Jefferson, WI is in the weak opportunity phase; Jefferson, WI's primary driver is construction, Jefferson, WI second driver bank institutional; Jefferson, WI moved down 755 places. 2 short-sale listings across Jefferson, WI; 70 days on market observed in Jefferson, WI; 6.7% vacancy over 19 Jefferson, WI ZIPs.

No CFPB county sample covers Jefferson County, WI. The non-metro area reading for Jefferson, WI: 0.5% ninety-plus days late; Jefferson, WI's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 1.3% (Jefferson, WI, December 2025 data); Wisconsin overall 0.5%.

Jefferson County, WI has 10 watched banks; 10 Jefferson, WI banks sit in an elevated band. Jefferson, WI footprints: Premierbank (5 branches, stress 73) in Jefferson, WI; Ixonia Bank (3 branches, stress 71) in Jefferson, WI; Badger Bank (3 branches, stress 59) in Jefferson, WI.

HUD lists 6 assisted multifamily properties in Jefferson County, WI with 259 units; 250 Jefferson, WI units are assisted, 3 Jefferson, WI properties under project-based Section 8.

2,017 of the 36,890 housing units in Jefferson, WI sit vacant. Jefferson County, WI permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Jefferson, WI's one-to-four unit structures added 198 units in Jefferson County, WI.