ZIP 53209 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 53209 (Milwaukee County, Wisconsin) at a moderate 34/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (75/100), construction/permit lag (58/100), institutional ownership (53/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (20/100). On the structural side it scores 75/100, with 6/100 of stress already active. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (95/100)).

The expansion-phase market in 53209 posted values that rose 6.0% over the year, and 28% higher over three years (phase confidence 35/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

At $45,288, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 24.4% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. The vacancy rate is 12.0% — elevated. The ZIP holds roughly 21,963 housing units. 42% of housing is owner-occupied. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 37/100. Around 48% of renters are cost-burdened. The typical home is worth about $166,700 (3.3× income, relatively affordable). Around 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Population is roughly 44,963 with a median age of 36.

On the whole, 53209 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.