ZIP 60142 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 public-record scale, ZIP 60142 in Mchenry County, Illinois comes in at 23, a low composite-distress reading. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (57/100), structural risk (52/100), institutional ownership (12/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (12/100) and mortgage stress (4/100). It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (93/100). The latent-versus-live split is 52/100 structural and 1/100 already moving.

The expansion-phase market in 60142 posted values that rose 5.7% over the year, and 24% higher over three years (phase confidence 33/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 26/100. Population is roughly 29,452 with a median age of 50. Households earn a median $87,286 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. The ZIP holds roughly 13,152 housing units. Around 35% of renters are cost-burdened. 89% of housing is owner-occupied. The poverty rate is 7.5%. The typical home is worth about $339,900 (3.7× income, relatively affordable). Around 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Vacancy runs 2.6%.

Broadly, 60142 is a steadier market — the deals are the exceptions, not the rule. Parcel-level detail for 60142 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

Whether 60142 runs hot or quiet, its 23/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 60142 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Mchenry County, Illinois or nationwide. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 60142, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

The 23/100 figure for 60142 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. The point of the 60142 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.