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

DLRadar tracks property distress across Jefferson County, Texas using verifiable public-record signals alone. Bank/credit headwind for the county is 36 on a 0–100 scale, a moderate reading. There are 18 scored ZIPs in the county (mean composite 36/100). Across its ZIPs, composite distress spans 33 to 36 out of 100.

The peak-phase county posted home values that rose 3.6% over twelve months (phase confidence 33/100). On a market plateau, the opportunity narrows — the edge is parcel by parcel.

Jefferson County's topped-out +3.6% YoY (33/100 confidence) means opportunity is parcel-specific and a county-wide sweep stays on the shelf. Mid-range bank stress at 36/100 implies both signal sets in play here.

Highest scores land in 77613 (36/100), 77619 (36/100), 77622 (36/100), 77627 (36/100), 77629 (36/100), 77640 (36/100); each opens to a full parcel breakdown. Also scored across the county: 77642, 77651, 77655, 77701, 77702, 77703, 77705, 77706, 77707, 77708.

Underneath the scores, Jefferson County's tracked footprint come in at poverty running near 16.1%, residents with a median age around 39.3, a 14.3% vacancy rate, home values averaging roughly $165,522, below the US, a median household income near $62,377 (below the US norm), 69% of homes owner-occupied. Read together, they set up the depth of motivated supply and the pace of resale.

Net of it all, 36/100 over 18 ZIPs means the opportunity hides below the average for a disciplined buyer. Unlock Jefferson County to see every parcel's owner, APN and address, a score, the bank behind the note and how fast it should sell.

Whether Jefferson County, Texas carries heavy distress or only a handful of flagged parcels, every score here is built the same deterministic way — from recorded foreclosures, tax delinquency, liens and lender stress — so Jefferson County can be compared directly against any county in the country.

Approach Jefferson County by rank rather than by average — the 36/100 county figure conceals the spread, since the returns live in the top-scoring ZIPs. The Jefferson 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 Jefferson County leads with 77613 (36/100), 77619 (36/100), 77622 (36/100), 77627 (36/100), 77629 (36/100), 77640 (36/100). DLRadar also scores 77642, 77651, 77655, 77701, 77702, 77703, 77705, 77706 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.

Under Jefferson County's headline composite sit distinct layers — recorded foreclosures, tax and lien delinquency, mortgage stress and bank headwind — each scored separately before they roll up, so the same total can describe very different markets.