ZIP 53218 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 53218 (Milwaukee County, Wisconsin) at a moderate 34/100 for overall property distress. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (95/100)). The latent-versus-live split is 75/100 structural and 6/100 already moving. 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).

The expansion-phase market in 53218 posted values that rose 6.0% over the year, and 31% higher over three years (phase confidence 35/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

At $42,207, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Around 52% of renters are cost-burdened. The vacancy rate is 8.3%. Around 10% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The poverty rate is 28.2% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 39/100. The typical home is worth about $133,400 (2.9× income, relatively affordable). Population is roughly 40,581 with a median age of 30. The ZIP holds roughly 16,413 housing units. 42% of housing is owner-occupied.

On the whole, 53218 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.