ZIP 53204 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 53204 (Milwaukee County, Wisconsin) at a moderate 34/100 for overall property distress. Structural exposure scores 75 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (95/100). Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (75/100), construction/permit lag (58/100), institutional ownership (53/100). mortgage stress (20/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 6.0% over the trailing year, and 25% higher over three years, at 35/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

Owners hold 26% of homes, renters 74%. There are about 15,138 housing units across 53204. 40,008 residents call 53204 home, typically aged 29. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 38/100. Home values center near $124,300, an affordability ratio of 2.4× — accessible. Vacancy runs 7.6%. Rent burden reaches 43% of tenant households. Median household income is $43,645, below the U.S. median near $78,000. 32.6% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Educational attainment sits at 15% bachelor's-or-above.

Taken together, 53204 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.