ZIP 53217 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 53217 in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin carries a composite property-distress score of 38/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (95/100), FEMA disaster exposure (70/100). The pressure is most legible in construction/permit lag (95/100), structural risk (86/100), institutional ownership (59/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (20/100) register low. The latent-versus-live split is 86/100 structural and 6/100 already moving.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.7% year on year, and 22% higher over three years (phase confidence 33/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

The tenure split is 76% owner-occupied to 24% rented. The vacancy rate is 5.0%. The typical home is worth about $449,100 (3.2× income, relatively affordable). About 73% have a four-year degree. About 30,381 people live here, median age 41. The ZIP holds roughly 12,215 housing units. Rent burden reaches 36% of tenant households. 5.3% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Median household income is $132,044, above the U.S. median near $78,000. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 22/100.

On balance 53217 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. 53217 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

No ZIP is too small to score: 53217 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 38/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. 53217 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

53217's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. Practically, 53217 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.