ZIP 54853 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 54853 (Polk County, Wisconsin) lands at 21/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (64/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (62/100)). The latent-versus-live split is 48/100 structural and 3/100 already moving. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (65/100), structural risk (48/100), institutional ownership (14/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (14/100) and mortgage stress (9/100).

The expansion-phase market in 54853 posted values that rose 6.7% over the year, and 21% higher over three years (phase confidence 35/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

At $72,750, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. The vacancy rate is 40.0% — elevated. The ZIP holds roughly 2,458 housing units. Population is roughly 3,575 with a median age of 51. Around 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 29/100. The poverty rate is 9.4%. 82% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 31% of renters are cost-burdened. The typical home is worth about $245,100 (2.9× income, relatively affordable).

On the whole, 54853 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.