ZIP 54828 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 public-record scale, ZIP 54828 in Sawyer County, Wisconsin comes in at 17, a low composite-distress reading. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (59/100), structural risk (36/100), mortgage stress (10/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (10/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) register low. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (70/100)). Structurally it carries 36/100, against 3/100 of stress already in motion.

The market reads peak — home values rose 4.6% year on year, at 40/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

At $46,938, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Rent burden reaches 23% of tenant households. A median home runs $249,000 here, or 4.7 times local income. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 37/100. Vacancy runs 50.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. There are about 593 housing units across 54828. 22.9% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. 76% of housing is owner-occupied. About 22% have a four-year degree. Population is roughly 625 with a median age of 57.

Taken together, 54828 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Parcel-level detail for 54828 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

The number is not local guesswork: 54828's 17/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 54828, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

54828's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. For a buyer, 54828 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.