ZIP 61842 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 61842 in De Witt County, Illinois carries a composite property-distress score of 13/100 — a minimal reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural exposure scores 30 and live distress 1 on the 0–100 scale. Leading the profile are construction/permit lag (65/100), structural risk (30/100), mortgage stress (3/100). mortgage stress (3/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) stay muted.

The expansion-phase market in 61842 posted values that rose 5.6% over the year, and 13% higher over three years (phase confidence 31/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

The ZIP holds roughly 1,232 housing units. Rent burden reaches 36% of tenant households. 89% of housing is owner-occupied. Educational attainment sits at 18% bachelor's-or-above. The poverty rate is 8.7%. A median home runs $157,500 here, or 1.9 times local income. Vacancy runs 11.1%. On demographic stress specifically, 61842 scores 24/100. At $79,167, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. Population is roughly 2,577 with a median age of 44.

Broadly, 61842 is a steadier market — the deals are the exceptions, not the rule. While 61842 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

The number is not local guesswork: 61842's 13/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Where the public record is thin for 61842, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

Behind 61842's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. Practically, 61842 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.