ZIP 53228 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Milwaukee County, Wisconsin's ZIP 53228 registers 37/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. On the structural side it scores 83/100, with 6/100 of stress already active. Its heaviest discrete signals: construction/permit lag (85/100), structural risk (83/100), institutional ownership (57/100). mortgage stress (20/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (95/100), FEMA disaster exposure (68/100).

The expansion-phase market in 53228 posted values that rose 5.7% over the year, and 22% higher over three years (phase confidence 33/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Population is roughly 15,084 with a median age of 44. Around 40% of renters are cost-burdened. Home values center near $272,000, an affordability ratio of 3.4× — accessible. Owners hold 54% of homes, renters 46%. The vacancy rate is 2.8%. At $75,288, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. The ZIP holds roughly 7,157 housing units. The poverty rate is 8.0%. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 29/100. Educational attainment sits at 36% bachelor's-or-above.

On balance 53228 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. While 53228 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

Big metro or rural, 53228 runs through one identical scoring model, so its 37/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin and the nation. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed as records update; 53228 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.

Each component behind 53228 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 37/100 roll-up. Practically, 53228 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.