Denton County, TX: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Denton County, Texas sits inside DLRadar's nationwide distress index, built entirely from public records. There are 40 scored ZIPs in the county (mean composite 32/100). The county's lending-headwind score sits at 48/100 (moderate). ZIP-level distress ranges from 34/100 at the top down to 21/100.

In its peak phase, Denton County home prices rose 0.9% across the last year, at 9/100 phase confidence. This late in the run, blanket buying underperforms — the edge is parcel by parcel.

Near the cycle top at +0.9% YoY (9/100 confidence), the discount lives in outliers and a county-wide sweep stays on the shelf. A mid-cycle 48/100 lender reading means mixed owner- and bank-driven distress.

Leading Denton County on distress: 75019 (34/100), 75007 (33/100), 75009 (33/100), 75010 (33/100), 75024 (33/100), 75033 (33/100). Further scored ZIPs: 75034, 75036, 75056, 75057, 75065, 75067, 75068, 75077, 75078, 75093.

Demographically, Denton County's scored ZIPs report a median age of 37.1, a median household income near $120,751 (above the US norm), 68% of homes owner-occupied, 7.1% of households below the poverty line, home values averaging roughly $459,800, above the US, vacancy near 5.3%. Income, equity and tenure like these frame the kind of distress to expect and the buyer pool on exit.

Denton County, Texas's 32/100 average over 40 ZIPs says Denton County is a screen-by-ZIP market and not a county-wide play. Subscribers get each Denton County parcel's owner, mailing address, APN, a distress score plus a funding-to-closing path.

Because Denton County, Texas is scored on the identical public-record model used nationwide, even a quiet county is measured on one scale — letting you weigh Denton County against neighboring markets or the rest of Texas on equal footing.

In Denton County, Texas, the scores are a targeting tool first: they tell you which ZIPs hold the distress and which owners are most likely under real financial pressure, so limited acquisition effort lands where it converts. The Denton County figures are auditable line by line — county recorders and courts, FHFA price data, FDIC bank filings — with gaps left visible rather than filled by estimate.

The ZIP breakdown for Denton County leads with 75019 (34/100), 75007 (33/100), 75009 (33/100), 75010 (33/100), 75024 (33/100), 75033 (33/100). DLRadar also scores 75034, 75036, 75056, 75057, 75065, 75067, 75068, 75077 and more across the county. Because each ZIP is graded on its own foreclosure, tax and lender record, the county's distress is best read code by code rather than as a single number.

The Denton County score is not a single measure but a composite: foreclosure activity, mortgage and tax-lien stress, and local lender headwind each feed it, which is why understanding the components matters as much as the headline number.