Milwaukee 53216

Milwaukee County, WI · 9,800 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

59affordability /100

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

Payment burden
25.1%
affordable
Days on market
40
daily
Price cuts
11.0%
of active
Valuation
-14.2%
vs assessor
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80
/100
strong
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

43/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Balanced Market
DOM: 55d (stable) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)25
Valuation Gap (25%)40
Supply & Demand (20%)100
Buy vs Rent (15%)25
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)60

Balanced market in 53216. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 25.1% of median income. Median days on market: 55. Renting is approximately 6% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 12.7).

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. Prices up 4.7% YoY.

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Median price
$179,904
▴ 4.7% YoY
Days on market
40
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,177
ZORI
Investor score
89/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
94
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
-14.2%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$154,300
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-income4.1×

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How 53216 ranks in WI
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Affordability, supply & momentum

26SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness

Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.

Months of Supply15.2 mo
Days on Market40d
Inv vs History+12.6%
Listing Density--
Market dynamics
Price cut %11.0%
Momentumwarming
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply15.2
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,177
Price-to-rent12.7
Est. cap rate5.1%
Buy vs rentfavors buying

Livability

Walk score5
Transit score15
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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