ZIP 60020 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Lake County, Illinois, ZIP 60020 scores 26 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (97/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (87/100). Its standout signals are structural risk (59/100), construction/permit lag (53/100), institutional ownership (20/100). institutional ownership (20/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 59 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 6.4% over the trailing year, and 24% higher over three years, at 36/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

Home values center near $226,200, an affordability ratio of 3.0× — accessible. Owners hold 72% of homes, renters 28%. 10,846 residents call 60020 home, typically aged 45. Educational attainment sits at 27% bachelor's-or-above. Vacancy runs 9.0%. There are about 5,773 housing units across 60020. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 29/100. Rent burden reaches 42% of tenant households. Median household income is $71,028, near the U.S. median near $78,000. 10.1% of residents fall below the poverty threshold.

Overall, 60020 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.