ZIP 62859 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 62859 (Hamilton County, Illinois) lands at 12/100 — minimal on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (56/100), structural risk (26/100), mortgage stress (4/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (4/100) and institutional ownership (4/100) register low. Structural exposure scores 26 and live distress 1 on the 0–100 scale.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 7.4% year on year, and 14% higher over three years, at 38/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

A median home runs $93,900 here, or 1.7 times local income. There are about 2,496 housing units across 62859. The tenure split is 76% owner-occupied to 25% rented. About 21% have a four-year degree. About 5,199 people live here, median age 42. Roughly 11.8% live below the poverty line. Vacancy runs 11.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. On demographic stress specifically, 62859 scores 22/100. Rent burden reaches 18% of tenant households. Households earn a median $53,373 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure.

Net-net, 62859 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.