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

Lincoln County, WI, Wisconsin: 7 ZIP codes scored, Lincoln County, WI averaging 15/100 (low, Lincoln, WI), from 11 to 17. Lincoln County, WI is in its peak phase (Lincoln, WI confidence 40/100): Lincoln, WI home prices up 4.6% (Lincoln, WI) over twelve months. Lincoln County, WI lender headwind: 51/100.

Highest-scoring Lincoln County, WI ZIPs: 54452 (17/100), 54442 (16/100), 54435 (15/100), 54487 (15/100), 54501 (15/100), 54564 (15/100). Also scored in Lincoln County, WI: 54459.

Across Lincoln County, WI's scored ZIPs: median home value $199,071, household income $68,916, 38.2% vacancy, 8.4% poverty, 86% owner-occupied, median age 51.2.

Lincoln County, WI insurance distress 0/100 (#3,193 in the US); FEMA hazard 0/100 for Lincoln, WI; Lincoln, WI construction distress 65/100.

5 banks with 7 branches lend in Lincoln County, WI; Lincoln, WI weighted bank stress 65/100, highest 77/100 in Lincoln, WI.

Lincoln County, WI unemployment 3.8% (Lincoln, WI -1.1 pts, six months); 134 new housing units permitted in Lincoln County, WI over twelve months, Lincoln, WI down 22% from 171; Lincoln, WI home prices +12.8% a year (Lincoln, WI) over three years.

16,327 housing units in Lincoln County, WI; 2,716 Lincoln, WI renter households; 47% of Lincoln, WI renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 18% (Lincoln, WI) half or more.

Lincoln County, WI ranks #760 nationally on the opportunity index (Lincoln, WI, among all ranked counties); Lincoln, WI scores 32.1/100 and Lincoln, WI sits #5 inside Wisconsin. Lincoln, WI is in the watchlist opportunity phase; Lincoln, WI's primary driver is vacancy, Lincoln, WI second driver construction; Lincoln, WI moved up 239 places. 4 short-sale listings across Lincoln, WI; 108 days on market observed in Lincoln, WI; 19.9% vacancy over 7 Lincoln, WI ZIPs.

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

Lincoln County, WI has 4 watched banks; 4 Lincoln, WI banks sit in an elevated band. Lincoln, WI footprints: Incrediblebank (2 branches, stress 77) in Lincoln, WI; Crossbridge Community Bank (2 branches, stress 55) in Lincoln, WI; Associated Bank Na (1 branch, stress 68) in Lincoln, WI.

HUD lists 1 assisted multifamily property in Lincoln County, WI with 33 units; 32 Lincoln, WI units are assisted.

3,555 of the 16,327 housing units in Lincoln, WI sit vacant. Lincoln County, WI permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Lincoln, WI's one-to-four unit structures added 134 units in Lincoln County, WI.