ZIP 54979 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 54979 (Fond Du Lac County, Wisconsin) at a low 20/100 for overall property distress. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (79/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (79/100)). Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (44/100), construction/permit lag (21/100), institutional ownership (18/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (18/100) and mortgage stress (8/100). Structural exposure scores 44 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale.

The expansion-phase market in 54979 posted values that rose 5.2% over the year, 1.3% off the recent peak, and 75% higher over three years, at 38/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

84% of housing is owner-occupied. Vacancy runs 1.3%. Around 10% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. At $104,167, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. Population is roughly 1,879 with a median age of 40. The poverty rate is 0.9% — low. The typical home is worth about $295,000 (2.5× income, relatively affordable). Rent burden reaches 3% of tenant households. There are about 664 housing units across 54979. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 20/100.

Broadly, 54979 is a steadier market — the deals are the exceptions, not the rule. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.