ZIP 60526 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Composite property distress in 60526 (Cook County, Illinois) lands at 35/100 — moderate on DLRadar's distress scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (77/100), construction/permit lag (73/100), institutional ownership (51/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (20/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (82/100), FEMA disaster exposure (63/100)). Structural risk reads 77/100 against active distress of 6/100.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.7% over the trailing year, and 17% higher over three years, at 33/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

Home values center near $439,800, an affordability ratio of 3.6× — accessible. On demographic stress specifically, 60526 scores 25/100. At $118,831, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. About 60% have a four-year degree. Around 37% of renters are cost-burdened. Population is roughly 13,341 with a median age of 42. 4.0% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. The ZIP holds roughly 5,641 housing units. 74% of housing is owner-occupied. Vacancy runs 7.3%.

Net-net, 60526 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Parcel-level detail for 60526 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.

Whether 60526 runs hot or quiet, its 35/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 60526 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Cook County, Illinois or nationwide. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 60526 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

Behind 60526'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. Treat 60526 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.