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

Macon County, IL, Illinois: 27 ZIP codes scored, Macon County, IL averaging 15/100 (low, Macon, IL), from 6 to 24. Macon County, IL is in its peak phase (Macon, IL confidence 31/100): Macon, IL home prices up 3.1% (Macon, IL) over twelve months. Macon County, IL lender headwind: 42/100.

Highest-scoring Macon County, IL ZIPs: 62539 (24/100), 61925 (17/100), 62501 (17/100), 62514 (17/100), 62521 (17/100), 62522 (17/100). Also scored in Macon County, IL: 62523, 62526, 62532, 62535, 62537, 62544, 62549, 62551, 62554, 62573.

Across Macon County, IL's scored ZIPs: median home value $135,915, household income $66,172, 8.3% vacancy, 9.6% poverty, 79% owner-occupied, median age 40.0.

Macon County, IL insurance distress 0/100 (#2,640 in the US); FEMA hazard 0/100 for Macon, IL; Macon, IL construction distress 43/100.

13 banks with 34 branches lend in Macon County, IL; Macon, IL weighted bank stress 60/100, highest 72/100 in Macon, IL.

Macon County, IL unemployment 5.1% (Macon, IL -1.7 pts, six months); 32 new housing units permitted in Macon County, IL over twelve months, Macon, IL up 7% from 30; Macon, IL home prices +8.7% a year (Macon, IL) over three years.

49,630 housing units in Macon County, IL; 13,067 Macon, IL renter households; 35% of Macon, IL renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 16% (Macon, IL) half or more.

Macon County, IL ranks #1,564 nationally on the opportunity index (Macon, IL, among all ranked counties); Macon, IL scores 29.2/100 and Macon, IL sits #31 inside Illinois. Macon, IL is in the early_signal opportunity phase; Macon, IL's primary driver is vacancy, Macon, IL second driver bank institutional; Macon, IL moved up 318 places. 1 short-sale listings across Macon, IL; 75 days on market observed in Macon, IL; 12.6% vacancy over 27 Macon, IL ZIPs.

No CFPB county sample covers Macon County, IL. The non-metro area reading for Macon, IL: 1.4% ninety-plus days late; Macon, IL's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 2.8% (Macon, IL, December 2025 data); Illinois overall 1.1%.

Macon County, IL has 10 watched banks; 10 Macon, IL banks sit in an elevated band. Macon, IL footprints: Hickory Point Bank&Trust (6 branches, stress 63) in Macon, IL; Scott State Bank (4 branches, stress 62) in Macon, IL; First Mid B&T Na (4 branches, stress 62) in Macon, IL.

HUD lists 7 assisted multifamily properties in Macon County, IL with 396 units; 395 Macon, IL units are assisted, 3 Macon, IL properties under project-based Section 8.

6,162 of the 49,630 housing units in Macon, IL sit vacant. Macon County, IL permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Macon, IL's one-to-four unit structures added 32 units in Macon County, IL.