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

Stark County, Illinois sits inside DLRadar's nationwide distress index, built entirely from public records. Individual Stark County ZIPs score between 7 and 21 on the 0–100 composite. Lender pressure in Stark County registers 70/100 — a elevated bank-stress headwind. DLRadar scores 10 ZIPs here, with a mean composite of 13/100.

Currently peak, Stark County saw prices rise 2.6% year over year (phase confidence 49/100). This late in the run, blanket buying underperforms with opportunity concentrated by ZIP.

With Stark County flat at +2.6% YoY (49/100 confidence), selectivity rules so the headline market won't hand it over. Its 70/100 lender headwind is a buyer tailwind: banks under pressure move REO faster.

By composite, 61443 (21/100), 61434 (19/100), 61559 (18/100), 61345 (15/100), 61479 (12/100), 61421 (11/100) top the county — tap any ZIP to go deeper. The breakdown continues through 61491, 61426, 61449, 61483 and more.

On the housing-and-income side, the ZIPs DLRadar tracks across Stark County report median home values around $117,233 (below the national figure), 85% owner-occupancy, residents with a median age around 46.1, a 12.5% vacancy rate, incomes around $59,827, poverty running near 11%. These fundamentals shape the depth of motivated supply and the pace of resale.

With a minimal 13/100 reading over 10 ZIPs, distress here is parcel-specific where the ZIP scores point. Unlock Stark County to see every parcel's owner and contact detail, APN, a distress reading, the lender on title and exit timing.

No county is too small to score: Stark County, Illinois runs through the same foreclosure, tax, lien and bank-stress model as every major metro, so Stark County's numbers mean exactly what they mean anywhere else in Illinois.

Treat Stark 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. These Stark County numbers come straight from public filings and refresh as new ones post; a missing source produces a blank field, never an estimate.

The ZIP breakdown for Stark County leads with 61443 (21/100), 61434 (19/100), 61559 (18/100), 61345 (15/100), 61479 (12/100), 61421 (11/100). DLRadar also scores 61491, 61426, 61449, 61483 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.

The Stark 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.