ZIP 53204 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 distress scale, ZIP 53204 in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin comes in at 37, a moderate composite-distress reading. The latent-versus-live split is 83/100 structural and 6/100 already moving. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (95/100), FEMA disaster exposure (68/100)). The pressure is most legible in construction/permit lag (85/100), structural risk (83/100), institutional ownership (57/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (20/100).

The expansion-phase market in 53204 posted values that rose 5.7% over the year, and 25% higher over three years, at 33/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

The tenure split is 26% owner-occupied to 74% rented. There are about 15,138 housing units across 53204. Population is roughly 40,008 with a median age of 29. On demographic stress specifically, 53204 scores 38/100. Home values center near $124,300, an affordability ratio of 2.4× — accessible. The vacancy rate is 7.6%. Rent burden reaches 43% of tenant households. At $43,645, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. 32.6% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Educational attainment sits at 15% bachelor's-or-above.

On the whole, 53204 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Parcel-level detail for 53204 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.

The 53204 read uses the identical scoring model applied coast to coast, which means its 37/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 53204 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 53204, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

53204's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. For an operator, 53204 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.