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

Walker County, TX, Texas: 11 ZIP codes scored, Walker County, TX averaging 31/100 (moderate, Walker, TX), from 25 to 34. Walker County, TX is in its peak phase (Walker, TX confidence 9/100): Walker, TX home prices up 0.9% (Walker, TX) over twelve months. Walker County, TX lender headwind: 29/100.

Highest-scoring Walker County, TX ZIPs: 77873 (34/100), 77334 (32/100), 77340 (32/100), 77341 (32/100), 77342 (32/100), 77358 (32/100). Also scored in Walker County, TX: 77367, 77320, 77831, 75862, 75852.

Across Walker County, TX's scored ZIPs: median home value $214,871, household income $52,685, 19.0% vacancy, 12.7% poverty, 75% owner-occupied, median age 41.4.

Walker County, TX insurance distress 94/100 (#59 in the US); FEMA hazard 91/100 for Walker, TX; 6 federal disaster declarations in Walker County, TX since 2023 (3 hurricane, 3 flood); 127 Walker, TX NFIP flood claims, $10.0M paid; Walker, TX construction distress 56/100.

7 banks with 10 branches lend in Walker County, TX; Walker, TX weighted bank stress 56/100, highest 85/100 in Walker, TX.

Walker County, TX unemployment 4.8% (Walker, TX +0.2 pts, six months); 549 new housing units permitted in Walker County, TX over twelve months, Walker, TX down 4% from 570; Walker, TX home prices +6.1% a year (Walker, TX) over three years.

30,383 housing units in Walker County, TX; 10,793 Walker, TX renter households; 55% of Walker, TX renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 30% (Walker, TX) half or more.

Walker County, TX ranks #651 nationally on the opportunity index (Walker, TX, among all ranked counties); Walker, TX scores 32.6/100 and Walker, TX sits #81 inside Texas. Walker, TX is in the watchlist opportunity phase; Walker, TX's primary driver is vacancy, Walker, TX second driver bank institutional; Walker, TX moved up 122 places. 6 short-sale listings across Walker, TX; 107 days on market observed in Walker, TX; 16.4% vacancy over 11 Walker, TX ZIPs.

No CFPB county sample covers Walker County, TX. The non-metro area reading for Walker, TX: 1.4% ninety-plus days late; Walker, TX's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 3.5% (Walker, TX, December 2025 data); Texas overall 1.2%.

Walker County, TX has 6 watched banks; 6 Walker, TX banks sit in an elevated band. Walker, TX footprints: First National Bank Texas (2 branches, stress 77) in Walker, TX; First Financial Bank (2 branches, stress 49) in Walker, TX; Prosperity Bank (2 branches, stress 33) in Walker, TX.

HUD lists 6 assisted multifamily properties in Walker County, TX with 341 units; 173 Walker, TX units are assisted, 3 Walker, TX properties under project-based Section 8.

4,366 of the 30,383 housing units in Walker, TX sit vacant. Walker County, TX permitted 91 multifamily units in twelve months; Walker, TX's one-to-four unit structures added 458 units in Walker County, TX.