ZIP 60637 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Cook County, Illinois · High Vacancy market
ZIP 60637's composite property-distress score is 34/100 - DLRadar classes that as moderate for Cook County, Illinois. The latent-versus-live split is 77/100 structural and 6/100 already moving. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (82/100), FEMA disaster exposure (60/100). Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (77/100), construction/permit lag (73/100), institutional ownership (50/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (20/100) register low.
The expansion-phase market in 60637 posted values that rose 5.7% over the year, and 21% higher over three years, at 33/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.
Population is roughly 52,418 with a median age of 31. The ZIP holds roughly 26,690 housing units. The poverty rate is 32.3% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Rent burden reaches 49% of tenant households. Home values center near $257,300, an affordability ratio of 5.8×. Vacancy runs 15.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Around 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 47/100. Owners hold 26% of homes, renters 74%. Median household income is $42,080, below the U.S. median near $78,000.
Taken together, 60637 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Parcel-level detail for 60637 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.
The 60637 read uses the identical scoring model applied coast to coast, which means its 34/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 60637 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Cook County, Illinois. Sparse data for 60637 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.
The 34/100 figure for 60637 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. For an operator, 60637 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.
What is driving ZIP 60637’s distress
Tax-delinquent parcels, institutional ownership, insurance strain, flood risk, construction lag, price dislocation and auction speed — plus the 0 individual distressed properties — each with owner, address, APN, its own distress score and an exit read — are in the full report.
Snapshot: 60637 by the numbers
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The complete 60637 distress and acquisition report
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