Clinton County, IL: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

DLRadar tracks property distress across Clinton County, Illinois using verifiable public-record signals alone. Across its ZIPs, composite distress spans 11 to 26 out of 100. Lender pressure in Clinton County registers 49/100 — a moderate bank-stress headwind. There are 17 scored ZIPs in the county (mean composite 19/100).

The peak-phase county posted home values that rose 3.9% over twelve months (phase confidence 26/100). This late in the run, the opportunity narrows as the ZIP scores below show.

Near the cycle top at +3.9% YoY (26/100 confidence), the wins are surgical and a county-wide sweep stays on the shelf. A moderate 49/100 lender headwind means a blend the ZIP scores sort out.

Leading Clinton County on distress: 62293 (26/100), 62265 (24/100), 62801 (21/100), 62215 (20/100), 62218 (20/100), 62219 (20/100). The breakdown continues through 62230, 62231, 62245, 62249, 62250, 62266, 62882, 62216, 62875, 62253 and more.

By the numbers, the Clinton County ZIPs on file show home values averaging roughly $170,871, below the US, vacancy near 11.8%, an owner-occupied share of 82%, residents with a median age around 40.5, household income averaging about $78,004, roughly at the national median, a 10.2% poverty rate. These fundamentals frame the supply of motivated sellers and the speed of resale.

At 19/100 composite over 17 ZIPs, the edge is selective acquisition rather than a blanket buy. Inside DLRadar, each Clinton County property carries owner, APN and address, a per-parcel score, lender exposure and exit read.

The distress read for Clinton County, Illinois is refreshed as new public records post and uses the same methodology coast to coast, so Clinton County stays directly comparable to any other market you track.

Treat Clinton County, Illinois as a ranked list, not a single market: the spread between its strongest and weakest ZIPs is where the acquisition margin actually sits. The Clinton County figures are auditable line by line — county recorders and courts, FHFA price data, FDIC bank filings — with gaps left visible rather than filled by estimate.

The ZIP breakdown for Clinton County leads with 62293 (26/100), 62265 (24/100), 62801 (21/100), 62215 (20/100), 62218 (20/100), 62219 (20/100). DLRadar also scores 62230, 62231, 62245, 62249, 62250, 62266, 62882, 62216 and more across the county. Because each ZIP is graded on its own foreclosure, tax and lender record, the county's distress is best read code by code rather than as a single number.

DLRadar's composite for Clinton County blends several independent signals — foreclosure and pre-foreclosure filings, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, and the bank-stress headwind of the lenders operating locally — into one 0–100 score per ZIP, so a market can rank high on one axis and low on another.