ZIP 61942 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

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. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (63/100), structural risk (34/100), mortgage stress (3/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (3/100) and institutional ownership (3/100). Structural exposure scores 34 and live distress 1 on the 0–100 scale.

The expansion-phase market in 61942 posted values that rose 7.4% over the year, and 2% higher over three years, at 38/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Population is roughly 1,031 with a median age of 55. 90% of housing is owner-occupied. The typical home is worth about $110,400 (1.5× income, relatively affordable). At $74,179, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 6.0% — low. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 20/100. Vacancy runs 16.1%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 27% of tenant households. There are about 575 housing units across 61942. Around 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

On the whole, 61942 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.