ZIP 62642 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 62642 (Menard County, Illinois) lands at 7/100 — minimal on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (28/100), structural risk (16/100), institutional ownership (3/100). institutional ownership (3/100) and mortgage stress (2/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 16 and live distress 1 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.5% over the trailing year, 1.1% off the recent peak, and 6% higher over three years, at 30/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Home values center near $112,700, an affordability ratio of 1.4× — accessible. Vacancy runs 8.6%. There are about 683 housing units across 62642. Educational attainment sits at 13% bachelor's-or-above. 9.3% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Rent burden reaches 33% of tenant households. Owners hold 83% of homes, renters 17%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 23/100. 1,381 residents call 62642 home, typically aged 45. Median household income is $75,846, near the U.S. median near $78,000.

Overall, 62642 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.