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

Karnes County, Texas sits inside DLRadar's nationwide distress index, built entirely from public records. The county's ZIP scores run from 12 up to 29/100. Bank/credit headwind for the county is 59 on a 0–100 scale, a moderate reading. The county spans 10 scored ZIP codes, averaging 16/100 composite distress.

The peak-phase county posted home values that rose 2.0% over twelve months (phase confidence 22/100). With pricing topped out, blanket buying underperforms — the edge is parcel by parcel.

At +2.0% YoY and 22/100 confidence, the discount lives in outliers — target the few ZIPs carrying distress. A moderate 59/100 lender headwind means mixed owner- and bank-driven distress.

Highest scores land in 78140 (29/100), 78113 (21/100), 78141 (21/100), 78119 (16/100), 78118 (13/100), 78151 (13/100); each opens to a full parcel breakdown. Other tracked Karnes County ZIPs include 78111, 78116, 78117, 78144.

Underneath the scores, the ZIPs DLRadar tracks across Karnes County come in at median home values around $183,513 (below the national figure), a 21.5% vacancy rate, 76% of homes owner-occupied, a median age of 41.9, incomes around $57,948, a 17.8% poverty rate. Income, equity and tenure like these set up the supply of motivated sellers and the speed of resale.

Karnes County, Texas's 16/100 average over 10 ZIPs says distress here is parcel-specific where the ZIP scores point. Unlock Karnes County to see every parcel's owner, address and APN, a distress reading, the lender on title and exit timing.

The distress read for Karnes County, Texas is refreshed as new public records post and uses the same methodology coast to coast, so Karnes County stays directly comparable to any other market you track.

For an acquisition buyer, the practical use of Karnes County, Texas's scores is triage: the ZIPs and parcels carrying the highest composite are where motivated sellers and below-market exits concentrate, while lower-scored areas rarely justify the marketing spend. These Karnes County numbers come straight from public filings and refresh as new ones post; a missing source produces a blank field, never an estimate.

At the ZIP level, the sharpest readings in Karnes County are 78140 (29/100), 78113 (21/100), 78141 (21/100), 78119 (16/100), 78118 (13/100), 78151 (13/100). DLRadar also scores 78111, 78116, 78117, 78144 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.

Under Karnes 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.