ZIP 62801 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Marion County, Illinois, ZIP 62801 scores 21 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (58/100), structural risk (48/100), institutional ownership (17/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (17/100) and mortgage stress (9/100) register low. On the structural side it scores 48/100, with 3/100 of stress already active. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (70/100).

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.0% year on year, and 24% higher over three years (phase confidence 31/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Owners hold 71% of homes, renters 29%. Population is roughly 19,941 with a median age of 42. Roughly 19.3% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Around 45% of renters are cost-burdened. At $53,740, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The vacancy rate is 12.9% — elevated. The ZIP holds roughly 8,833 housing units. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 29/100. Around 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. A median home runs $94,800 here, or 1.7 times local income.

Net-net, 62801 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.

The 62801 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 21/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 62801 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Marion County, Illinois. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 62801, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

The 21/100 figure for 62801 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. In workflow terms, 62801 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.