ZIP 61344 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Bureau County, Illinois, ZIP 61344 scores 14 of 100 for composite distress, a minimal level on DLRadar's public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (63/100). Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (38/100), structural risk (30/100), institutional ownership (4/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (4/100) and mortgage stress (3/100) register low. Structural exposure scores 30 and live distress 1 on the 0–100 scale.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 6.4% year on year, at 35/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

The tenure split is 90% owner-occupied to 10% rented. Roughly 16.5% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. About 236 people live here, median age 58. About 10% have a four-year degree. A median home runs $71,400 here, or 1.6 times local income. Vacancy runs 13.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. There are about 151 housing units across 61344. Households earn a median $43,000 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Rent burden reaches 82% of tenant households. On demographic stress specifically, 61344 scores 32/100.

Net-net, 61344 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.