ZIP 53098 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Dodge County, Wisconsin's ZIP 53098 registers 19/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (79/100), structural risk (42/100), institutional ownership (3/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (3/100) and mortgage stress (2/100). The split runs 42/100 structural to 1/100 active on the ground. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (73/100)).

The expansion-phase market in 53098 posted values that rose 5.3% over the year, and 25% higher over three years, at 32/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

There are about 4,779 housing units across 53098. 11,505 residents call 53098 home, typically aged 45. 7.2% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Around 39% of renters are cost-burdened. About 17% have a four-year degree. On demographic stress specifically, 53098 scores 30/100. At $73,147, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. The vacancy rate is 4.9%. 68% of housing is owner-occupied. A median home runs $253,600 here, or 3.3 times local income.

Net-net, 53098 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.

Big metro or rural, 53098 runs through one identical scoring model, so its 19/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Dodge County, Wisconsin and the nation. Where the record is thin for 53098, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

The 19/100 for 53098 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. Practically, 53098 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.