ZIP 60135 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 60135 (Dekalb County, Illinois) lands at 15/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (82/100). On the structural side it scores 31/100, with 1/100 of stress already active. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (31/100), construction/permit lag (24/100), institutional ownership (3/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (3/100) and mortgage stress (2/100) register low.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 6.4% year on year, and 34% higher over three years (phase confidence 36/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 15% have a four-year degree. Around 8% of renters are cost-burdened. Roughly 15.7% live below the poverty line. The ZIP holds roughly 2,925 housing units. Households earn a median $87,935 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. About 7,486 people live here, median age 35. The tenure split is 73% owner-occupied to 27% rented. On demographic stress specifically, 60135 scores 24/100. A median home runs $254,000 here, or 2.7 times local income. The vacancy rate is 1.2%.

Overall 60135 looks resilient on the surface, so the edge is isolating individual stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.