ZIP 60042 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 60042 in Lake County, Illinois carries a composite property-distress score of 25/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural exposure scores 56 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (95/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (74/100). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (56/100), construction/permit lag (52/100), institutional ownership (17/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (17/100) and mortgage stress (7/100) register low.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 6.4% year on year, and 27% higher over three years, at 36/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

There are about 3,270 housing units across 60042. A median home runs $259,100 here, or 2.6 times local income. Roughly 7.5% live below the poverty line. About 27% have a four-year degree. Vacancy runs 4.8%. Households earn a median $94,613 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. About 8,630 people live here, median age 40. Rent burden reaches 43% of tenant households. The tenure split is 82% owner-occupied to 18% rented. On demographic stress specifically, 60042 scores 26/100.

Net-net, 60042 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.