Chicago City Wire

Kendall County in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) recorded the highest foreclosure rate for Illinois MSAs during the first quarter of the year, according to an ATTOM Data Solutions analysis of property data.

One in 45 properties in Kendall County started the foreclosure process during the first quarter of the year. But DuPage County, which is also part of the Chicago metro area, had one of the lowest foreclosure rate for Illinois MSAs -- with 1 in 14,302 properties in foreclosure.

DeKalb County had the second highest foreclosure rate for Illinois’s urban areas (1 in 58 properties), and Grundy County was third (1 in 118 properties in foreclosure).

The data shows 909 Kendall County properties with a foreclosure filing during the first three months of 2018. The county has more than 41,000 housing units. The foreclosure rate in the county is up 536 percent from the end of 2017 and up 444 percent from a year ago.

Elsewhere in the Chicago metro area, McHenry County had the fourth highest foreclosure rate (1 in 253 properties); Will County, 1 in 343; Cook, 1 in 358; Kane, 1 in 445; and Lake, 1 in 2,316.

Illinois ranks fourth in the nation for foreclosures. A total of 12,485 Illinois properties started the foreclosure process in the first quarter – a 4.7 percent decrease over the fourth quarter of 2017 and a 25.26 percent decrease from this time last year.

Metropolitan statistical area foreclosure rates

Metro Statistical Area	County	Population	Housing Units	Q1 2018 Properties with Foreclosure Filings	Foreclosure Rate (Housing Units Per Foreclosure Filing)	Change from Q4 2017 (%)	Change from Q1 2017 (%)
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	Kendall	121,452	41,088	909	45	535.66	444.31
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	De Kalb	104,458	41,017	704	58	540.00	496.61
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	Grundy	50,338	20,358	172	118	300.00	290.91
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	Mchenry	307,083	117,242	464	253	31.07	7.66
Peoria, IL	Peoria	186,818	83,487	309	270	25.61	-7.76
Rockford, IL	Winnebago	288,896	125,591	385	326	-20.29	-33.51
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	Will	685,378	239,953	700	343	-21.96	-36.25
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	Henry	49,681	22,096	64	345	23.08	25.49
St. Louis, MO-IL	Madison	266,759	118,170	337	351	41.60	-15.96
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	Cook	5,227,575	2,177,342	6088	358	-9.42	-32.93
St. Louis, MO-IL	Saint Clair	265,569	118,372	318	372	15.64	-26.05
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	Rock Island	146,536	65,800	169	389	3.68	-28.69
Rockford, IL	Boone	53,656	19,959	49	407	-25.76	-9.26
Peoria, IL	Tazewell	135,400	58,172	138	422	-15.85	-12.66
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	Kane	526,615	184,075	414	445	-8.81	-30.54
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	Alexander	7,051	3,974	8	497	14.29	166.67
St. Louis, MO-IL	Macoupin	46,482	21,556	42	513	-20.75	55.56
Ottawa-Peru, IL	La Salle	111,935	49,871	96	519	50.00	1.05
Charleston-Mattoon, IL	Coles	52,802	23,425	43	545	72.00	86.96
Galesburg, IL	Knox	51,752	23,908	43	556	-8.51	207.14
Sterling, IL	Whiteside	57,155	25,722	42	612	7.69	44.83
Champaign-Urbana, IL	Ford	13,758	6,324	10	632	-23.08	100.00
Paducah, KY-IL	Massac	14,883	7,082	11	644	-21.43	175.00
St. Louis, MO-IL	Jersey	22,441	10,016	15	668	87.50	36.36
Bloomington, IL	Dewitt	16,322	7,513	11	683	83.33	37.50
St. Louis, MO-IL	Bond	17,137	7,101	10	710	66.67	150.00
Kankakee, IL	Kankakee	111,493	45,182	57	793	29.55	42.50
Bloomington, IL	Mclean	173,254	71,254	86	829	13.16	-21.10
Pontiac, IL	Livingston	37,278	15,845	19	834	58.33	-17.39
Decatur, IL	Macon	108,404	50,321	57	883	-16.18	-35.23
St. Louis, MO-IL	Monroe	33,703	13,771	15	918	-11.76	-31.82
Ottawa-Peru, IL	Bureau	33,822	15,664	16	979	-5.88	77.78
Champaign-Urbana, IL	Champaign	206,420	89,646	91	985	-25.41	-14.95
Centralia, IL	Marion	38,503	18,132	18	1,007	-28.00	0.00
Canton, IL	Fulton	36,047	16,190	15	1,079	7.14	25.00
Mount Vernon, IL	Jefferson	38,523	16,836	15	1,122	15.38	-6.25
Danville, IL	Vermilion	79,613	36,005	31	1,161	-26.19	19.23
Carbondale-Marion, IL	Williamson	67,336	30,794	26	1,184	-49.02	-18.75
Taylorville, IL	Christian	33,888	15,501	13	1,192	-23.53	85.71
St. Louis, MO-IL	Calhoun	4,962	2,843	2	1,422
Fort Madison- Keokuk, IA-IL-MO	Hancock	18,633	9,212	6	1,535	-33.33	200.00
Jacksonville, IL	Morgan	34,801	15,412	10	1,541	-28.57	-9.09
Ottawa-Peru, IL	Putnam	5,746	3,107	2	1,554
Freeport, IL	Stephenson	46,283	21,899	13	1,685	8.33	0.00
Lincoln, IL	Logan	29,820	11,966	7	1,709	-22.22	-50.00
Macomb, IL	Mcdonough	31,727	14,395	8	1,799	33.33	0.00
Springfield, IL	Sangamon	198,639	90,612	50	1,812	-20.63	-40.48
Champaign-Urbana, IL	Piatt	16,469	7,338	4	1,835	-33.33	0.00
Quincy, IL-MO	Adams	66,949	29,991	16	1,874	-33.33	0.00
Carbondale-Marion, IL	Jackson	59,188	28,683	15	1,912	-25.00	-16.67
Dixon, IL	Lee	34,718	15,042	7	2,149	-41.67	-50.00
St. Louis, MO-IL	Clinton	37,858	15,539	7	2,220	-22.22	-36.36
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	Lake	702,890	261,715	113	2,316	-85.51	-87.98
Charleston-Mattoon, IL	Cumberland	10,890	4,854	2	2,427	100.00	100.00
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	Mercer	15,971	7,368	3	2,456	-57.14	50.00
Springfield, IL	Menard	12,576	5,669	2	2,835	-60.00	-50.00
Effingham, IL	Effingham	34,356	14,731	4	3,683	33.33	0.00
Rochelle, IL	Ogle	52,034	22,552	6	3,759	-73.91	-57.14
Burlington, IA-IL	Henderson	6,966	3,827	1	3,827		0.00
Peoria, IL	Woodford	39,123	15,344	3	5,115	-72.73	-57.14
Peoria, IL	Marshall	12,060	5,896	1	5,896	-83.33	-83.33
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	Du Page	930,514	357,549	25	14,302	-96.37	-97.15
Jacksonville, IL	Scott	5,169	2,453	0			-100.00
Peoria, IL	Stark	5,840	2,665	0		-100.00	-100.00

Source: ATTOM Data Solutions