ZIP 60962 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP 60962's composite property-distress score is 5/100 - DLRadar classes that as minimal for Ford County, Illinois. Structural risk reads 10/100 against active distress of 1/100. Its standout signals are structural risk (10/100), construction/permit lag (6/100), institutional ownership (3/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (3/100) and mortgage stress (2/100).

The peak-phase market in 60962 posted values that rose 4.0% over the year (phase confidence 36/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

There are about 292 housing units across 60962. 29.4% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Around 77% of renters are cost-burdened. Educational attainment sits at 20% bachelor's-or-above. Median household income is $65,000, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Home values center near $61,900, an affordability ratio of 1.0× — accessible. The tenure split is 71% owner-occupied to 29% rented. On demographic stress specifically, 60962 scores 34/100. Vacancy runs 16.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. 617 residents call 60962 home, typically aged 32.

On the whole, 60962 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.

Big metro or rural, 60962 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 5/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Ford County, Illinois and the nation. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 60962, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

The 5/100 figure for 60962 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. In workflow terms, 60962 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.