ZIP 62979 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Gallatin County, Illinois, ZIP 62979 scores 5 of 100 for composite distress, a minimal level on DLRadar's public-record index. The latent-versus-live split is 9/100 structural and 1/100 already moving. Its standout signals are structural risk (9/100), mortgage stress (4/100), institutional ownership (3/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (4/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) register low.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 7.4% year on year (phase confidence 38/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

The ZIP holds roughly 552 housing units. Roughly 8.0% live below the poverty line. A median home runs $84,900 here, or 1.8 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 62979 scores 20/100. Households earn a median $48,750 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. About 14% have a four-year degree. Around 13% of renters are cost-burdened. The tenure split is 85% owner-occupied to 15% rented. The vacancy rate is 12.8% — elevated. About 932 people live here, median age 47.

Net-net, 62979 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.