ZIP 60961 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 60961 in Kankakee County, Illinois carries a composite property-distress score of 18/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (83/100)). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (40/100), construction/permit lag (19/100), institutional ownership (13/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (13/100) and mortgage stress (6/100). Structural risk reads 40/100 against active distress of 2/100.

The peak-phase market in 60961 posted values that rose 3.8% over the year, at 34/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Population is roughly 928 with a median age of 48. At $61,193, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The typical home is worth about $159,000 (2.6× income, relatively affordable). 94% of housing is owner-occupied. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 31/100. Vacancy runs 12.0%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Around 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The poverty rate is 8.2%. There are about 409 housing units across 60961. Rent burden reaches 74% of tenant households.

On the whole, 60961 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.