ZIP 53118 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Waukesha County, Wisconsin, ZIP 53118 scores 30 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Latent structural risk is 66/100 while live distress already moving reads 5/100. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (66/100), institutional ownership (56/100), construction/permit lag (31/100). On the quiet end sit construction/permit lag (31/100) and mortgage stress (17/100). Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (90/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (85/100), FEMA disaster exposure (69/100).

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.7% over the trailing year, and 31% higher over three years, at 33/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Home values center near $372,600, an affordability ratio of 3.5× — accessible. At $103,921, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. Population is roughly 7,107 with a median age of 48. The tenure split is 88% owner-occupied to 12% rented. The ZIP holds roughly 3,269 housing units. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 28/100. The vacancy rate is 10.0%. Roughly 4.7% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. Around 52% of renters are cost-burdened. About 35% have a four-year degree.

Net-net, 53118 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. While 53118 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

Whether 53118 runs hot or quiet, its 30/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 53118 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Waukesha County, Wisconsin or nationwide. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 53118 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

53118's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. In workflow terms, 53118 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.