ZIP 60048 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Lake County, Illinois, ZIP 60048 scores 26 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: 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). By contrast, institutional ownership (20/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) register low. Structural risk reads 59/100 against active distress of 2/100.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 6.4% year on year, and 23% higher over three years, at 36/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

There are about 10,926 housing units across 60048. Rent burden reaches 37% of tenant households. A median home runs $551,200 here, or 3.2 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 60048 scores 22/100. About 28,945 people live here, median age 43. Households earn a median $169,283 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. The tenure split is 84% owner-occupied to 16% rented. Roughly 4.3% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. Vacancy runs 3.5%. About 71% have a four-year degree.

Net-net, 60048 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.