ZIP 61021 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 61021 (Lee County, Illinois) lands at 17/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Structural exposure scores 39 and live distress 1 on the 0–100 scale. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (60/100)). The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (77/100), structural risk (39/100), mortgage stress (4/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (4/100) and institutional ownership (4/100).

The expansion-phase market in 61021 posted values that rose 6.4% over the year, and 27% higher over three years, at 36/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

The typical home is worth about $148,500 (2.2× income, relatively affordable). The poverty rate is 13.9%. Population is roughly 22,690 with a median age of 44. At $65,719, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. There are about 10,010 housing units across 61021. Vacancy runs 10.9%. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 26/100. Rent burden reaches 31% of tenant households. 73% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

On balance 61021 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.