ZIP 62521 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Macon County, Illinois's ZIP 62521 registers 23/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Structural exposure scores 50 and live distress 1 on the 0–100 scale. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (83/100)). The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (98/100), structural risk (50/100), mortgage stress (4/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (4/100) and institutional ownership (3/100).

The peak-phase market in 62521 posted values that rose 4.5% over the year, 2.1% off the recent peak, and 22% higher over three years, at 34/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

The typical home is worth about $125,100 (1.8× income, relatively affordable). The poverty rate is 12.5%. 74% of housing is owner-occupied. Vacancy runs 13.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Population is roughly 32,455 with a median age of 43. There are about 16,335 housing units across 62521. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 25/100. At $66,848, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Rent burden reaches 34% of tenant households. Around 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

On the whole, 62521 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.