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

Portage County, WI, Wisconsin: 21 ZIP codes scored, Portage County, WI averaging 22/100 (low, Portage, WI), from 15 to 27. Portage County, WI is in its expansion phase (Portage, WI confidence 32/100): Portage, WI home prices up 5.3% (Portage, WI) over twelve months. Portage County, WI lender headwind: 45/100.

Highest-scoring Portage County, WI ZIPs: 54455 (27/100), 54473 (24/100), 54945 (24/100), 54977 (24/100), 54406 (23/100), 54407 (23/100). Also scored in Portage County, WI: 54423, 54443, 54458, 54467, 54481, 54482, 54981, 54454, 54475, 54494.

Across Portage County, WI's scored ZIPs: median home value $227,752, household income $76,088, 12.7% vacancy, 8.1% poverty, 82% owner-occupied, median age 44.3.

Portage County, WI insurance distress 20/100 (#2,334 in the US); FEMA hazard 0/100 for Portage, WI; 1 Portage, WI NFIP flood claims, $14K paid; Portage, WI construction distress 78/100.

15 banks with 23 branches lend in Portage County, WI; Portage, WI weighted bank stress 63/100, highest 80/100 in Portage, WI.

Portage County, WI unemployment 3.1% (Portage, WI -1.2 pts, six months); 219 new housing units permitted in Portage County, WI over twelve months, Portage, WI down 31% from 316; Portage, WI home prices +11.2% a year (Portage, WI) over three years.

31,746 housing units in Portage County, WI; 9,093 Portage, WI renter households; 37% of Portage, WI renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 16% (Portage, WI) half or more.

Portage County, WI ranks #2,888 nationally on the opportunity index (Portage, WI, among all ranked counties); Portage, WI scores 23.9/100 and Portage, WI sits #50 inside Wisconsin. Portage, WI is in the weak opportunity phase; Portage, WI's primary driver is construction, Portage, WI second driver bank institutional; Portage, WI moved down 192 places. 6 short-sale listings across Portage, WI; 79 days on market observed in Portage, WI; 6.4% vacancy over 21 Portage, WI ZIPs.

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

Portage County, WI has 11 watched banks; 11 Portage, WI banks sit in an elevated band. Portage, WI footprints: Associated Bank Na (4 branches, stress 68) in Portage, WI; Community First Bank (2 branches, stress 80) in Portage, WI; Portage County Bank (2 branches, stress 53) in Portage, WI.

HUD lists 1 assisted multifamily property in Portage County, WI with 8 units; 8 Portage, WI units are assisted.

2,067 of the 31,746 housing units in Portage, WI sit vacant. Portage County, WI permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Portage, WI's one-to-four unit structures added 219 units in Portage County, WI.