ZIP 54896 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 54896 in Sawyer County, Wisconsin carries a composite property-distress score of 16/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural risk reads 35/100 against active distress of 3/100. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (55/100), structural risk (35/100), mortgage stress (10/100). mortgage stress (10/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (70/100).

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 6.7% over the trailing year, and 58% higher over three years, at 35/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

Home values center near $195,400, an affordability ratio of 3.1× — accessible. Rent burden reaches 21% of tenant households. Owners hold 86% of homes, renters 14%. 14.8% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. There are about 2,180 housing units across 54896. Median household income is $58,831, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Vacancy runs 64.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Educational attainment sits at 24% bachelor's-or-above. 1,601 residents call 54896 home, typically aged 60. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 31/100.

Taken together, 54896 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.