ZIP 61488 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 distress scale, ZIP 61488 in Knox County, Illinois comes in at 19, a low composite-distress reading. Structural risk reads 43/100 against active distress of 1/100. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (43/100), mortgage stress (3/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (3/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) register low.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.7% year on year, and 15% higher over three years, at 33/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

The ZIP holds roughly 516 housing units. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 23/100. Roughly 9.8% live below the poverty line. Around 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. About 1,230 people live here, median age 42. The typical home is worth about $112,900 (2.0× income, relatively affordable). Rent burden reaches 26% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 3.5%. Median household income is $61,786, below the U.S. median near $78,000. 81% of housing is owner-occupied.

On balance 61488 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. No parcel file is published for 61488 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

The 61488 read uses the identical scoring model applied coast to coast, which means its 19/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 61488 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Knox County, Illinois. Where the record is thin for 61488, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

61488'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. The point of the 61488 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.