ZIP 53202 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 53202 in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin carries a composite property-distress score of 34/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural risk reads 75/100 against active distress of 6/100. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (95/100). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (75/100), construction/permit lag (58/100), institutional ownership (53/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (20/100) register low.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 6.0% year on year, and 29% higher over three years, at 35/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Vacancy runs 10.4%. Households earn a median $68,482 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The tenure split is 21% owner-occupied to 79% rented. Rent burden reaches 32% of tenant households. A median home runs $340,800 here, or 4.3 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 53202 scores 34/100. About 26,269 people live here, median age 32. There are about 18,957 housing units across 53202. About 66% have a four-year degree. Roughly 16.5% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory.

Net-net, 53202 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.