ZIP 53551 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 53551 in Jefferson County, Wisconsin carries a composite property-distress score of 31/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic distress index. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (95/100), structural risk (70/100), institutional ownership (42/100). mortgage stress (2/100) stay muted. Structural risk reads 70/100 against active distress of 1/100. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (78/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (62/100)).

The expansion-phase market in 53551 posted values that rose 5.3% over the year, and 29% higher over three years, at 32/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

The vacancy rate is 11.0%. Roughly 5.6% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. The ZIP holds roughly 4,177 housing units. Around 18% of renters are cost-burdened. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 24/100. Educational attainment sits at 45% bachelor's-or-above. At $89,841, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. 9,485 residents call 53551 home, typically aged 41. Owners hold 76% of homes, renters 24%. A median home runs $357,400 here, or 3.6 times local income.

Net-net, 53551 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.

The number is not local guesswork: 53551's 31/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 53551 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

Each component behind 53551 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 31/100 roll-up. For an operator, 53551 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.