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

Edgar County, Illinois is scored end-to-end by DLRadar for property distress, drawn only from deterministic public records. DLRadar scores 15 ZIPs here, with a mean composite of 13/100. On bank and credit headwind, Edgar County scores 92/100, a stressed reading. ZIP-level distress ranges from 17/100 at the top down to 5/100.

Currently expansion, Edgar County saw prices rise 5.3% year over year, a 34/100-confidence read. Under a rising market, some owners fall behind anyway even as the headline looks strong.

Even appreciating at +5.3% YoY (34/100 confidence), stressed pockets remain so buy those and momentum helps on exit. Bank stress at 92/100 favors patient capital: expect more lender-driven inventory soon.

Distress concentrates in ZIP 61943 (17/100), ZIP 61870 (16/100), ZIP 61876 (16/100), ZIP 61942 (15/100), ZIP 61917 (14/100), ZIP 61924 (14/100) — drill into any for the parcel-level read. Also scored across the county: 61932, 61940, 61944, 61949, 61955, 61933, 61810, 62423, 62441.

Profile-wise, Edgar County's tracked footprint come in at home values averaging roughly $101,993, below the US, 80% owner-occupancy, a 10.6% vacancy rate, residents with a median age around 46, household income averaging about $64,177, below the national median, 11.1% of households below the poverty line. Income, equity and tenure like these drive both the distress on offer and the exit velocity.

Net of it all, 13/100 over 15 ZIPs means Edgar County rewards parcel-by-parcel work for a disciplined buyer. Unlock Edgar County to see every parcel's owner, mailing address, APN, a distress reading, the lender on title and exit timing.

Because Edgar County, Illinois is scored on the identical public-record model used nationwide, even a quiet county is measured on one scale — letting you weigh Edgar County against neighboring markets or the rest of Illinois on equal footing.

Used properly, Edgar County, Illinois's scores are a triage layer: they rank where motivated sellers cluster so acquisition spend goes to the ZIPs that convert rather than across Edgar County as a whole. Every figure traces to a public federal or county source — recorder and court records for foreclosure and liens, FHFA for the price cycle, FDIC for lender stress — and DLRadar leaves a signal blank rather than estimating where Edgar County data is thin.

Drilling in, Edgar County's highest-scoring ZIPs are 61943 (17/100), 61870 (16/100), 61876 (16/100), 61942 (15/100), 61917 (14/100), 61924 (14/100). DLRadar also scores 61932, 61940, 61944, 61949, 61955, 61933, 61810, 62423 and more across the county. Every one of these is scored independently — a ZIP's composite reflects its own recorded distress, which is why the county average alone hides where the real pressure sits.

The Edgar County score is not a single measure but a composite: foreclosure activity, mortgage and tax-lien stress, and local lender headwind each feed it, which is why understanding the components matters as much as the headline number.