ZIP 60642 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Cook County, Illinois, ZIP 60642 scores 34 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural risk reads 75/100 against active distress of 6/100. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (82/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100). Its standout signals are structural risk (75/100), construction/permit lag (62/100), institutional ownership (53/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (20/100) register low.

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

About 21,124 people live here, median age 33. Vacancy runs 6.3%. The tenure split is 33% owner-occupied to 67% rented. Rent burden reaches 25% of tenant households. On demographic stress specifically, 60642 scores 28/100. About 78% have a four-year degree. A median home runs $593,600 here, or 4.3 times local income. Roughly 8.3% live below the poverty line. There are about 12,535 housing units across 60642. Households earn a median $141,179 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure.

Net-net, 60642 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.