ZIP 54542 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 54542 (Forest County, Wisconsin) lands at 15/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (77/100), structural risk (35/100), mortgage stress (12/100). mortgage stress (12/100) and institutional ownership (4/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 35 and live distress 4 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 6.4% over the trailing year, at 33/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

Owners hold 90% of homes, renters 10%. Vacancy runs 78.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. 615 residents call 54542 home, typically aged 53. Median household income is $45,625, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Home values center near $122,000, an affordability ratio of 3.5× — accessible. 10.2% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 30/100. Rent burden reaches 0% of tenant households. There are about 1,140 housing units across 54542. Educational attainment sits at 16% bachelor's-or-above.

Taken together, 54542 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.