El Paso County, TX: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

El Paso County, Texas is mapped parcel-to-ZIP by DLRadar's public-record distress engine. There are 31 scored ZIPs in the county (mean composite 26/100). ZIP-level distress ranges from 27/100 at the top down to 17/100. On bank and credit headwind, El Paso County scores 39/100.

Currently peak, El Paso County saw prices rise 1.8% year over year (phase confidence 18/100). With pricing topped out, broad sweeps stop paying — the edge is parcel by parcel.

Near the cycle top at +1.8% YoY (18/100 confidence), selectivity rules so the headline market won't hand it over. Mid-range bank stress at 39/100 means both signal sets in play here.

Highest scores land in 79922 (27/100), 79821 (26/100), 79835 (26/100), 79836 (26/100), 79838 (26/100), 79849 (26/100); each opens to a full parcel breakdown. Coverage extends to 79853, 79901, 79902, 79903, 79904, 79905, 79906, 79907, 79908, 79911 among others.

On the housing-and-income side, the ZIPs DLRadar tracks across El Paso County report a 9.2% vacancy rate, an owner-occupied share of 60%, residents with a median age around 33.2, a 21.6% poverty rate, typical home values near $171,096, household income averaging about $60,051, below the national median. These fundamentals drive the kind of distress to expect and the buyer pool on exit.

Net of it all, 26/100 over 31 ZIPs means El Paso County is a screen-by-ZIP market where the ZIP scores point. A DLRadar subscription opens every El Paso County parcel: owner, APN and address, a score, the bank behind the note and how fast it should sell.

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

Treat El Paso County, Texas as a ranked list, not a single market: the spread between its strongest and weakest ZIPs is where the acquisition margin actually sits. The El Paso 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 El Paso County leads with 79922 (27/100), 79821 (26/100), 79835 (26/100), 79836 (26/100), 79838 (26/100), 79849 (26/100). DLRadar also scores 79853, 79901, 79902, 79903, 79904, 79905, 79906, 79907 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 El Paso 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.