ZIP 61379 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Bureau County, Illinois, ZIP 61379 scores 14 of 100 for composite distress, a minimal level on DLRadar's distress index. Structural risk reads 31/100 against active distress of 1/100. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (45/100), structural risk (31/100), mortgage stress (3/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (3/100) and institutional ownership (3/100). Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (63/100).

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.7% over the trailing year, and 8% higher over three years (phase confidence 33/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Owners hold 80% of homes, renters 20%. The ZIP holds roughly 612 housing units. 1,273 residents call 61379 home, typically aged 46. Around 8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Home values center near $103,200, an affordability ratio of 1.8× — accessible. Median household income is $56,761, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Around 30% of renters are cost-burdened. On demographic stress specifically, 61379 scores 24/100. Vacancy runs 6.7%. Roughly 12.8% live below the poverty line.

Net-net, 61379 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. No parcel file is published for 61379 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

The 61379 read uses the identical scoring model applied coast to coast, which means its 14/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 61379 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Bureau County, Illinois. Where the record is thin for 61379, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

61379's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. For a buyer, 61379 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.