ZIP 61279 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 public-record scale, ZIP 61279 in Mercer County, Illinois comes in at 14, a minimal composite-distress reading. The latent-versus-live split is 31/100 structural and 2/100 already moving. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (36/100), structural risk (31/100), institutional ownership (10/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (10/100) and mortgage stress (5/100) register low.

The market reads peak — home values rose 3.8% year on year, and 24% higher over three years (phase confidence 24/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

At $87,279, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. There are about 401 housing units across 61279. About 20% have a four-year degree. 94% of housing is owner-occupied. Home values center near $161,500, an affordability ratio of 1.9× — accessible. About 960 people live here, median age 41. Rent burden reaches 28% of tenant households. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 21/100. The poverty rate is 3.4% — low. The vacancy rate is 7.3%.

Overall 61279 looks resilient on the surface, so the edge is isolating individual stressed parcels. No parcel file is published for 61279 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

The 61279 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 14/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 61279 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Mercer County, Illinois. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 61279 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

The 14/100 for 61279 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. In workflow terms, 61279 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.