Milwaukee 53205
Milwaukee County, WI · 2,419 properties · updated 7/5/2026
Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens
46affordability /100
Buyer leverage is balanced; weigh payment burden and the 3-lens valuation before bidding.
Payment burden
33%
stretched
Days on market
48
daily
Price cuts
0.0%
of active
Valuation
-34%
vs assessor
58
/100
mixed
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
Seller's Market
Needs 9.1% correction for affordability
DOM: 42d (rising) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)50
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)100
Buy vs Rent (15%)0
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)40
Seller-favored market in 53205. Expect to pay at or near list price. Payment burden: 33.0% of median income. Median days on market: 42.
Buyer Caution
Seller's market. Be prepared to pay near list price.
Competitive market similar to 2021-2022 — limited inventory driving prices above fundamentals.
WARMINGBALANCED
Market is warming with rising prices. Conditions are balanced between buyers and sellers. Prices up 3.2% YoY.
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Median price
$164,775
▴ 3.2% YoY
Days on market
48
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,622
ZORI
Investor score
91/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
21
90-day
Valuation3 lenses, different anchors
vs assessor
-34.0%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$108,800
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
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Fair-value model not available for this market.
fair_value_scores · 10-state coverage
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-income5.4×
How 53205 ranks in WI
percentile vs all WI ZIPs
Comparative ranking not available for this ZIP.
Affordability, supply & momentum
19SUPPLY
OversuppliedSupply Tightness
Ample inventory — buyers have time and leverage to negotiate.
Months of Supply18.5 mo
Days on Market48d
Inv vs History+25.7%
Listing Density--
Market dynamics
Price cut %0.0%
Momentumwarming
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply18.5
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,622
Price-to-rent8.5
Est. cap rate7.7%
Buy vs rentfavors buying
Livability
Walk score12
Transit score25
Bike score—
Historical trends
Milwaukee County contextmacro · jobs · debt · migration
ZIP score grades housing; county score adds macro distress (jobs, debt, poverty). They answer different questions.