ZIP 62271 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Washington County, Illinois, ZIP 62271 scores 27 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural exposure scores 60 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (71/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100). Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (66/100), structural risk (60/100), institutional ownership (50/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (19/100) register low.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 7.4% year on year, and 5% higher over three years, at 38/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 1,819 people live here, median age 46. A median home runs $163,700 here, or 2.0 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 62271 scores 22/100. Vacancy runs 11.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. About 29% have a four-year degree. Rent burden reaches 21% of tenant households. The tenure split is 81% owner-occupied to 19% rented. There are about 950 housing units across 62271. Households earn a median $82,500 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. Roughly 8.9% live below the poverty line.

Net-net, 62271 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.