Peoria County recorded the fifth highest foreclosure rate for Illinois metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) during the first quarter of the year, according to an ATTOM Data Solutions analysis of property data.
One in 270 properties in Peoria County started the foreclosure process during the first quarter of the year. In Tazewell County, which is also part of the Peoria MSA, 1 in 422 properties were in foreclosure. Fulton County, in the Canton MSA, had a foreclosure rate of 1 in 1,079 properties.
Elsewhere in the Peoria MSA, three counties had among the lowest foreclosure rates in the state: Woodford, 1 in 5,115; Marshall, 1 in 5,896; and Stark, which recorded zero foreclosures in the first quarter.
The data shows 309 Peoria County properties with a foreclosure filing during the first three months of 2018. The county has more than 83,000 housing units. The foreclosure rate in the county is up 25.61 percent from the end of 2017 and down 7.76 percent from a year ago.
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 |
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