ZIP 61942 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 61942 in Douglas County, Illinois carries a composite property-distress score of 15/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (63/100), structural risk (34/100), mortgage stress (3/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (3/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) register low. Latent structural risk is 34/100 while live distress already moving reads 1/100.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.3% over the trailing year, and 2% higher over three years, at 34/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

1,031 residents call 61942 home, typically aged 55. Owners hold 90% of homes, renters 10%. The typical home is worth about $110,400 (1.5× income, relatively affordable). Median household income is $74,179, near the U.S. median near $78,000. 6.0% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. On demographic stress specifically, 61942 scores 20/100. Vacancy runs 16.1%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Around 27% of renters are cost-burdened. There are about 575 housing units across 61942. Around 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Taken together, 61942 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. No parcel file is published for 61942 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

The 61942 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 15/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 61942 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Douglas County, Illinois. 61942 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

The 15/100 for 61942 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. For an operator, 61942 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.