ZIP 61956 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 61956 in Douglas County, Illinois carries a composite property-distress score of 13/100 — a minimal reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (27/100), construction/permit lag (14/100), institutional ownership (5/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (5/100) and mortgage stress (4/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (68/100). The latent-versus-live split is 27/100 structural and 1/100 already moving.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 6.7% year on year, and 51% higher over three years (phase confidence 39/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

A median home runs $143,000 here, or 1.7 times local income. Around 43% of renters are cost-burdened. Households earn a median $70,885 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. About 3,046 people live here, median age 38. The vacancy rate is 7.5%. About 21% have a four-year degree. Roughly 6.1% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. The ZIP holds roughly 1,339 housing units. On demographic stress specifically, 61956 scores 24/100. The tenure split is 78% owner-occupied to 22% rented.

Net-net, 61956 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.