ZIP 54829 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Barron County, Wisconsin, ZIP 54829 scores 18 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural exposure scores 39 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (60/100), structural risk (39/100), mortgage stress (6/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (6/100) and institutional ownership (6/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (68/100)).

The expansion-phase market in 54829 posted values that rose 6.1% over the year, and 25% higher over three years, at 33/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

79% of housing is owner-occupied. The poverty rate is 16.3% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. The typical home is worth about $245,800 (3.5× income, relatively affordable). There are about 3,167 housing units across 54829. Vacancy runs 26.1%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Around 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Population is roughly 5,442 with a median age of 48. At $61,276, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Rent burden reaches 39% of tenant households. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 32/100.

On the whole, 54829 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.