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Nearly half of Baltimore's distressed properties are vacant

Published 2026-11-07 · By Pushbuild · Data: Baltimore Distressed Properties, Milwaukee Distressed Properties, Philadelphia Distressed Properties

9,760 of the 21,363 distressed parcels in Baltimore City are flagged vacant, 45.7%. In Milwaukee it is 1,334 of 10,389 (12.8%), and in Philadelphia 1,728 of 44,356 (3.9%). Baltimore also has 12,365 parcels on its tax sale list.

Baltimore City45.7%City of Milwaukee12.8%Philadelphia Count…3.9%Cook County18.4%Kings County (Broo…2.2%Queens County1.8%

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CityDistressed parcelsFlagged vacantShare vacant
Baltimore City21,3639,76045.7%
City of Milwaukee10,3891,33412.8%
Philadelphia County44,3561,7283.9%
Cook County1,12220718.4%
Kings County (Brooklyn)5,7261272.2%
Queens County5,154911.8%

Caveats

Snapshot of 2026-11-07. "Vacant" comes from each city's own vacant-building notices, registrations or violations, and each city's list counts different distress: Philadelphia's and Milwaukee's are mostly tax-delinquent parcels, Baltimore's are tax sale and vacant-building parcels. Compare within a city over time rather than across cities. CSV: distress-signals-by-county.csv

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Data as of 2026-11-07. Every figure in this post is in the table above and the CSV below.

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