ZIP 53221 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 public-record scale, ZIP 53221 in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin comes in at 38, a moderate composite-distress reading. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (95/100), FEMA disaster exposure (71/100)). The split runs 86/100 structural to 6/100 active on the ground. The pressure is most legible in construction/permit lag (95/100), structural risk (86/100), institutional ownership (59/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (20/100).

The expansion-phase market in 53221 posted values that rose 5.7% over the year, and 26% higher over three years (phase confidence 33/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

A median home runs $219,600 here, or 3.3 times local income. The poverty rate is 14.1%. Vacancy runs 4.3%. The ZIP holds roughly 16,865 housing units. Households earn a median $61,640 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Owners hold 57% of homes, renters 43%. Rent burden reaches 40% of tenant households. On demographic stress specifically, 53221 scores 31/100. About 25% have a four-year degree. About 38,428 people live here, median age 39.

Net-net, 53221 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. There is no property file for 53221 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable public records.

Whether 53221 runs hot or quiet, its 38/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 53221 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin or nationwide. Sparse data for 53221 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

The 38/100 figure for 53221 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. Practically, 53221 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.