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

Hidalgo County, Texas is scored end-to-end by DLRadar for property distress, drawn only from deterministic public records. Across its ZIPs, composite distress spans 33 to 37 out of 100. On bank and credit headwind, Hidalgo County scores 31/100. 30 ZIP codes are tracked county-wide, averaging 37/100 distress.

The expansion-phase county posted home values that rose 5.7% over twelve months, at 42/100 phase confidence. Under a rising market, pockets of distress persist where the composite stays elevated.

At +5.7% YoY (42/100 confidence), liquidity improves for clean exits where the scoring still flags pressure. A steady 31/100 bank reading points the search to owner-driven distress more than bank stock.

Highest scores land in 78501 (37/100), 78503 (37/100), 78504 (37/100), 78516 (37/100), 78537 (37/100), 78538 (37/100); each opens to a full parcel breakdown. Other tracked Hidalgo County ZIPs include 78539, 78540, 78541, 78542, 78543, 78549, 78557, 78558, 78560, 78562.

Underneath the scores, Hidalgo County's scored ZIPs show 73% of homes owner-occupied, household income averaging about $52,643, below the national median, residents with a median age around 32.2, poverty running near 31.7%, home values averaging roughly $126,096, below the US, a 14.7% vacancy rate. These fundamentals signal where pressure builds and how liquid the exit will be.

Net of it all, 37/100 over 30 ZIPs means distress here is parcel-specific where the ZIP scores point. Subscribers get each Hidalgo County parcel's owner and contact detail, APN, a distress score plus a funding-to-closing path.

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

Scores in Hidalgo County, Texas exist to concentrate effort: a handful of ZIPs hold most of the distress, and the rest seldom justify the acquisition cost. What supports the Hidalgo County read is documentary: filings from the recorder and courts, federal price and bank data, and blanks wherever coverage is thin.

At the ZIP level, the sharpest readings in Hidalgo County are 78501 (37/100), 78503 (37/100), 78504 (37/100), 78516 (37/100), 78537 (37/100), 78538 (37/100). DLRadar also scores 78539, 78540, 78541, 78542, 78543, 78549, 78557, 78558 and more across the county. Each code carries its own composite built from that ZIP's foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien and lender signals, so two neighboring ZIPs can diverge sharply even inside one county.

The Hidalgo 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.