ZIP 53005 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Waukesha County, Wisconsin's ZIP 53005 registers 30/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. Its standout signals are structural risk (65/100), institutional ownership (57/100), construction/permit lag (23/100). On the quiet end sit construction/permit lag (23/100) and mortgage stress (19/100). Latent structural risk is 65/100 while live distress already moving reads 6/100. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (94/100), climate & FEMA risk (91/100), FEMA disaster exposure (68/100).

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.7% over the trailing year, and 21% higher over three years (phase confidence 33/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Around 22% of renters are cost-burdened. The poverty rate is 3.2% — low. On demographic stress specifically, 53005 scores 20/100. The ZIP holds roughly 8,794 housing units. Median household income is $123,486, above the U.S. median near $78,000. About 62% have a four-year degree. Vacancy runs 2.6%. Owners hold 85% of homes, renters 15%. 22,125 residents call 53005 home, typically aged 43. A median home runs $415,800 here, or 3.1 times local income.

Overall, 53005 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.

Big metro or rural, 53005 runs through one identical scoring model, so its 30/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Waukesha County, Wisconsin and the nation. Sparse data for 53005 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

53005's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. The point of the 53005 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.