South Milwaukee 53172

Milwaukee County, WI · 6,762 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

56affordability /100

Buyer leverage is balanced; weigh payment burden and the 3-lens valuation before bidding.

Payment burden
26.8%
affordable
Days on market
34
daily
Price cuts
0.0%
of active
Valuation
-20.9%
vs assessor
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76
/100
stable
warming · balanced · prices rising year-over-year.

Verdict grades housing conditions; buyer-timing, investor cash-flow, supply-tightness and county macro scores answer different questions — each in its own section.

Buyer / sellerbuyer-timing lens

44/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Balanced Market
DOM: 54d (rising) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)25
Valuation Gap (25%)60
Supply & Demand (20%)40
Buy vs Rent (15%)75
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)60

Balanced market in 53172. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 26.8% of median income. Median days on market: 54. Renting is approximately 71% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 20.5).

Balanced market conditions. Prices roughly aligned with fundamentals — similar to stable periods in 2014-2015.
WARMINGBALANCED

Market is warming with rising prices. Conditions are balanced between buyers and sellers.

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Median price
$310,144
▴ 3.0% YoY
Days on market
34
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,260
ZORI
Investor score
56/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
26
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
-20.9%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$245,450
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
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vs county comps
+74.4%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
Milwaukee+74.4%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap

Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft
Price-to-income4.4×

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How 53172 ranks in WI
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Affordability, supply & momentum

54SUPPLY
Tight MarketSupply Tightness

Supply is below normal — sellers are favored but buyers still have options.

Months of Supply5.3 mo
Days on Market34d
Inv vs History+25.3%
Listing Density--
Market dynamics
Price cut %0.0%
Momentumwarming
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply5.3
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,260
Price-to-rent20.5
Est. cap rate3.2%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score5
Transit score2
Bike score

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Milwaukee County contextmacro · jobs · debt · migration

ZIP score grades housing; county score adds macro distress (jobs, debt, poverty). They answer different questions.

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