ZIP 53189 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Waukesha County, Wisconsin's ZIP 53189 registers 30/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. 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). The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (65/100), institutional ownership (57/100), construction/permit lag (23/100). construction/permit lag (23/100) and mortgage stress (19/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.7% over the trailing year, and 19% higher over three years, at 33/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

The ZIP holds roughly 10,614 housing units. Roughly 5.4% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. About 26,607 people live here, median age 43. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 23/100. Home values center near $406,200, an affordability ratio of 3.3× — accessible. Educational attainment sits at 45% bachelor's-or-above. 82% of housing is owner-occupied. Rent burden reaches 24% of tenant households. The vacancy rate is 2.0%. At $114,555, median income runs above typical U.S. levels.

Net-net, 53189 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Parcel-level detail for 53189 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.

The number is not local guesswork: 53189's 30/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Sparse data for 53189 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

The 30/100 for 53189 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. The point of the 53189 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.