ZIP 54481 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Portage County, Wisconsin · Affordable market
ZIP 54481's composite property-distress score is 16/100 - DLRadar classes that as low for Portage County, Wisconsin. Structural exposure scores 34 and live distress 1 on the 0–100 scale. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (70/100). The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (38/100), structural risk (34/100), institutional ownership (5/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (5/100) and mortgage stress (2/100).
Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.3% over the trailing year, and 24% higher over three years, at 32/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.
27,878 residents call 54481 home, typically aged 30. Households earn a median $57,234 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The vacancy rate is 5.2%. The poverty rate is 15.0%. 56% of housing is owner-occupied. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 30/100. The typical home is worth about $201,000 (3.4× income, relatively affordable). Around 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. There are about 12,814 housing units across 54481. Around 39% of renters are cost-burdened.
Overall, 54481 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. While 54481 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.
Whether 54481 runs hot or quiet, its 16/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 54481 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Portage County, Wisconsin or nationwide. 54481 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.
Each component behind 54481 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 16/100 roll-up. Practically, 54481 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.
Signal-by-signal read on 54481
Tax-delinquent parcels, institutional ownership, insurance strain, flood risk, construction lag, price dislocation and auction speed — plus the 0 individual distressed properties come with owner, address, APN, an individual score and an exit read in the complete report.
54481 at a glance
Current distress, phase, housing and lender-pressure figures for 54481, drawn from the same report attached to each property.
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