ZIP 53172 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, ZIP 53172 scores 34 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (95/100). Its standout signals are structural risk (75/100), construction/permit lag (58/100), institutional ownership (53/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (20/100) register low. Structural risk reads 75/100 against active distress of 6/100.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 6.0% year on year, and 23% higher over three years, at 35/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 20,547 people live here, median age 41. Households earn a median $70,146 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. There are about 8,885 housing units across 53172. Roughly 12.5% live below the poverty line. The tenure split is 67% owner-occupied to 33% rented. Vacancy runs 5.2%. On demographic stress specifically, 53172 scores 28/100. About 28% have a four-year degree. A median home runs $235,700 here, or 3.1 times local income. Rent burden reaches 34% of tenant households.

Net-net, 53172 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.