ZIP 53217 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, ZIP 53217 scores 34 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (95/100). Its standout signals are structural risk (75/100), construction/permit lag (58/100), institutional ownership (53/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (20/100) register low. Structural risk reads 75/100 against active distress of 6/100.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 6.0% year on year, and 22% higher over three years, at 35/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

The tenure split is 76% owner-occupied to 24% rented. Vacancy runs 5.0%. A median home runs $449,100 here, or 3.2 times local income. About 73% have a four-year degree. About 30,381 people live here, median age 41. There are about 12,215 housing units across 53217. Rent burden reaches 36% of tenant households. Roughly 5.3% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. Households earn a median $132,044 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. On demographic stress specifically, 53217 scores 22/100.

Net-net, 53217 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.