ZIP 60031 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Composite property distress in 60031 (Lake County, Illinois) lands at 27/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Structural exposure scores 61 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (65/100), structural risk (61/100), institutional ownership (19/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (19/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) register low. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (97/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (83/100)).

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.7% over the trailing year, and 25% higher over three years, at 33/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Population is roughly 37,208 with a median age of 41. Owners hold 76% of homes, renters 24%. 5.2% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. The vacancy rate is 3.2%. A median home runs $335,100 here, or 2.8 times local income. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 23/100. There are about 14,701 housing units across 60031. Rent burden reaches 36% of tenant households. About 54% have a four-year degree. Households earn a median $114,008 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure.

On balance 60031 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Parcel-level detail for 60031 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

The 60031 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 27/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 60031 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Lake County, Illinois. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed on ingest; 60031 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.

Behind 60031's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. In workflow terms, 60031 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.