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ZIP 54520 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Forest County, Wisconsin · High Vacancy market

DLRadar grades ZIP 54520 (Forest County, Wisconsin) at a low 15/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (82/100), structural risk (35/100), mortgage stress (13/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (13/100) and institutional ownership (5/100). Latent structural risk is 35/100 while live distress already moving reads 4/100.

The peak-phase market in 54520 posted values that rose 4.6% over the year, at 40/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The tenure split is 74% owner-occupied to 26% rented. Roughly 16.1% live below the poverty line. A median home runs $169,800 here, or 2.8 times local income. The vacancy rate is 44.1% — elevated. The ZIP holds roughly 2,887 housing units. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 31/100. Educational attainment sits at 14% bachelor's-or-above. Around 23% of renters are cost-burdened. Population is roughly 3,866 with a median age of 44. At $58,493, median income runs below typical U.S. levels.

Taken together, 54520 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. No parcel file is published for 54520 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

Whether 54520 runs hot or quiet, its 15/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 54520 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Forest County, Wisconsin or nationwide. Sparse data for 54520 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

Behind 54520's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. Treat 54520 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.

15/100
Composite stress
35/100
Structural risk
4/100
Distress activity

ZIP 54520 distress signals, scored

Foreclosure activity0
Mortgage stress13
Climate / FEMA risk44
Another 9 scored dimensions sit behind 54520

Delinquent tax, institutional holdings, insurance strain, flood/NFIP exposure, build-out lag, price dislocation and auction pace — along with the 0 individual distressed properties — each with owner, address, APN, its own distress score and an exit read — are in the full report.

Snapshot: 54520 by the numbers

Real-time distress, cycle phase, housing and bank-stress readings for 54520, the same set carried on every parcel.

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