ZIP 61338 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Composite property distress in 61338 (Bureau County, Illinois) lands at 14/100 — minimal on DLRadar's distress scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (45/100), structural risk (31/100), mortgage stress (3/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (3/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) register low. Latent structural risk is 31/100 while live distress already moving reads 1/100. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (63/100).

The expansion-phase market in 61338 posted values that rose 5.7% over the year (phase confidence 33/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Households earn a median $67,813 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The poverty rate is 4.7% — low. On demographic stress specifically, 61338 scores 24/100. There are about 178 housing units across 61338. Around 50% of renters are cost-burdened. Vacancy runs 18.6%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Population is roughly 295 with a median age of 38. The typical home is worth about $92,200 (1.3× income, relatively affordable). Educational attainment sits at 22% bachelor's-or-above. Owners hold 79% of homes, renters 21%.

Taken together, 61338 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.

Whether 61338 runs hot or quiet, its 14/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 61338 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Bureau County, Illinois or nationwide. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 61338 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

61338's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. Treat 61338 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.