Waukesha County, WI: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties
Waukesha County, WI, Wisconsin: 31 ZIP codes scored, Waukesha County, WI averaging 30/100 (moderate, Waukesha, WI), from 25 to 37. Waukesha County, WI is in its expansion phase (Waukesha, WI confidence 33/100): Waukesha, WI home prices up 5.7% (Waukesha, WI) over twelve months. Waukesha County, WI lender headwind: 45/100.
Highest-scoring Waukesha County, WI ZIPs: 53225 (37/100), 53227 (37/100), 53005 (30/100), 53007 (30/100), 53018 (30/100), 53029 (30/100). Also scored in Waukesha County, WI: 53045, 53046, 53051, 53058, 53069, 53072, 53089, 53103, 53122, 53127.
Across Waukesha County, WI's scored ZIPs: median home value $392,227, household income $101,437, 4.9% vacancy, 5.0% poverty, 78% owner-occupied, median age 44.2.
Waukesha County, WI insurance distress 85/100 (#234 in the US); FEMA hazard 78/100 for Waukesha, WI; 6 federal disaster declarations in Waukesha County, WI since 2023 (6 flood); 102 Waukesha, WI NFIP flood claims, $4.6M paid; Waukesha, WI construction distress 24/100.
34 banks with 148 branches lend in Waukesha County, WI; Waukesha, WI weighted bank stress 61/100, highest 87/100 in Waukesha, WI.
Waukesha County, WI unemployment 3.1% (Waukesha, WI -0.5 pts, six months); 1,558 new housing units permitted in Waukesha County, WI over twelve months, Waukesha, WI up 27% from 1,228; Waukesha, WI home prices +10.0% a year (Waukesha, WI) over three years.
175,591 housing units in Waukesha County, WI; 39,317 Waukesha, WI renter households; 43% of Waukesha, WI renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 22% (Waukesha, WI) half or more.
Waukesha County, WI ranks #3,124 nationally on the opportunity index (Waukesha, WI, among all ranked counties); Waukesha, WI scores 21.8/100 and Waukesha, WI sits #64 inside Wisconsin. Waukesha, WI is in the weak opportunity phase; Waukesha, WI's primary driver is bank institutional, Waukesha, WI second driver construction; Waukesha, WI moved down 33 places. 56 short-sale listings across Waukesha, WI; 76 days on market observed in Waukesha, WI; 3.8% vacancy over 31 Waukesha, WI ZIPs.
0.2% of Waukesha County, WI mortgages were ninety-plus days late in December 2025; Waukesha, WI's thirty-to-eighty-nine-day share was 0.8% (CFPB county sample). Waukesha, WI's ninety-day rate is down 0.1 points on twelve months earlier; the Waukesha, WI peak since 2008 was 2.1% in October 2009; Wisconsin overall reads 0.5%.
Waukesha County, WI has 24 watched banks; 24 Waukesha, WI banks sit in an elevated band. Waukesha, WI footprints: Waukesha State Bank (15 branches, stress 40) in Waukesha, WI; Associated Bank Na (13 branches, stress 68) in Waukesha, WI; Citizens Bank (9 branches, stress 52) in Waukesha, WI.
HUD lists 19 assisted multifamily properties in Waukesha County, WI with 1,497 units; 374 Waukesha, WI units are assisted, 4 Waukesha, WI properties under project-based Section 8.
6,933 of the 175,591 housing units in Waukesha, WI sit vacant. Waukesha County, WI permitted 533 multifamily units in twelve months; Waukesha, WI's one-to-four unit structures added 1,025 units in Waukesha County, WI.