ZIP 54001 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 54001 (Polk County, Wisconsin) lands at 21/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Structural risk reads 48/100 against active distress of 3/100. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (64/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (64/100)). The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (65/100), structural risk (48/100), institutional ownership (15/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (15/100) and mortgage stress (9/100).

The expansion-phase market in 54001 posted values that rose 6.7% over the year, and 19% higher over three years, at 35/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Population is roughly 7,947 with a median age of 48. Rent burden reaches 32% of tenant households. The typical home is worth about $286,800 (3.0× income, relatively affordable). Around 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 81% of housing is owner-occupied. Vacancy runs 21.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. At $79,281, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 5.3% — low. There are about 4,379 housing units across 54001. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 27/100.

On the whole, 54001 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.