Milwaukee 53218
Milwaukee County, WI · 11,665 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
24.6%
affordable
Days on market
42
daily
Price cuts
23.9%
of active
Valuation
-12.8%
vs assessor
81
/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
Seller's Market
DOM: 42d (stable) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)0
Valuation Gap (25%)40
Supply & Demand (20%)100
Buy vs Rent (15%)0
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)40
Seller-favored market in 53218. Expect to pay at or near list price. Payment burden: 24.6% 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.
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Median price
$171,167
▴ 2.5% YoY
Days on market
42
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,330
ZORI
Investor score
89/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
128
90-day
Valuation3 lenses, different anchors
vs assessor
-12.8%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$149,200
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-income4.1×
How 53218 ranks in WI
percentile vs all WI ZIPs
Comparative ranking not available for this ZIP.
Affordability, supply & momentum
21SUPPLY
OversuppliedSupply Tightness
Ample inventory — buyers have time and leverage to negotiate.
Months of Supply16.4 mo
Days on Market42d
Inv vs History+29.6%
Listing Density--
Market dynamics
Price cut %23.9%
Momentumwarming
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply16.4
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,330
Price-to-rent10.7
Est. cap rate6.1%
Buy vs rentfavors buying
Livability
Walk score2
Transit score17
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.