ZIP 54561 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 54561 in Vilas County, Wisconsin carries a composite property-distress score of 17/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (76/100), structural risk (38/100), institutional ownership (3/100). structural risk (38/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) stay muted. The latent-versus-live split is 38/100 structural and 0/100 already moving. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (61/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.6% over the trailing year (phase confidence 40/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Home values center near $331,800. There are about 215 housing units across 54561. 4.8% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. 63 residents call 54561 home, typically aged 50. About 37% have a four-year degree. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 29/100. Owners hold 100% of homes, renters 0%. The vacancy rate is 84.3% — elevated.

Net-net, 54561 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. 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: 54561's 17/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. 54561 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

54561's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. For a buyer, 54561 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.