ZIP 53225 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 53225 in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin carries a composite property-distress score of 37/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic distress index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (95/100), FEMA disaster exposure (68/100). The split runs 83/100 structural to 6/100 active on the ground. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (84/100), structural risk (83/100), institutional ownership (57/100). mortgage stress (20/100) stay muted.

The expansion-phase market in 53225 posted values that rose 5.7% over the year, and 25% higher over three years (phase confidence 33/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Around 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Around 40% of renters are cost-burdened. Roughly 16.6% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. About 25,277 people live here, median age 34. The vacancy rate is 9.9%. Home values center near $188,400, an affordability ratio of 3.2× — accessible. Households earn a median $54,433 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 34/100. Owners hold 41% of homes, renters 59%. There are about 11,176 housing units across 53225.

Overall, 53225 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. While 53225 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

The 53225 read uses the identical scoring model applied coast to coast, which means its 37/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 53225 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed as records update; 53225 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.

53225's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. For a buyer, 53225 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.