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

For Wabash County, Illinois, DLRadar turns county and parcel public records into a single distress score per ZIP. The county spans 7 scored ZIP codes, averaging 5/100 composite distress. The county's ZIP scores run from 4 up to 12/100. Lender pressure in Wabash County registers 63/100 — a elevated bank-stress headwind.

Currently expansion, Wabash County saw prices rise 5.3% year over year, a 34/100-confidence read. Through the growth, some owners fall behind anyway so the laggard ZIPs are the opening.

With growth of +5.3% YoY (34/100 confidence), well-bought parcels resell faster so buy those and momentum helps on exit. Its 63/100 lender headwind signals what's coming: banks under pressure move REO faster.

Top distress by ZIP runs 62460 (12/100), 62410 (4/100), 62476 (4/100), 62811 (4/100), 62818 (4/100), 62852 (4/100), listed with every scored ZIP below. Also scored across the county: 62863.

By the numbers, Wabash County's scored ZIPs come in at 83% owner-occupancy, a median age of 46.8, typical home values near $86,329, a 13.5% poverty rate, a median household income near $56,117 (below the US norm), a 13.5% vacancy rate. Numbers like these set up where pressure builds and how liquid the exit will be.

Net of it all, 5/100 over 7 ZIPs means Wabash County is a screen-by-ZIP market where the ZIP scores point. Inside DLRadar, each Wabash County property carries owner and contact detail, APN, a distress score plus a funding-to-closing path.

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

Approach Wabash County by rank rather than by average — the 5/100 county figure conceals the spread, since the returns live in the top-scoring ZIPs. All of it is deterministic and auditable: Wabash County's numbers come from county recorders, the courts, FHFA and FDIC, with nothing interpolated or guessed when a source is sparse.

The ZIP breakdown for Wabash County leads with 62460 (12/100), 62410 (4/100), 62476 (4/100), 62811 (4/100), 62818 (4/100), 62852 (4/100). DLRadar also scores 62863 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 Wabash 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.