ZIP 77021 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 77021 in Harris County, Texas carries a composite property-distress score of 35/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (77/100), institutional ownership (64/100), construction/permit lag (46/100). mortgage stress (24/100) stay muted. The latent-versus-live split is 77/100 structural and 7/100 already moving. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (94/100), FEMA disaster exposure (81/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 1.6% over the trailing year, and 15% higher over three years (phase confidence 19/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The ZIP holds roughly 12,986 housing units. A median home runs $227,900 here, or 4.5 times local income. Roughly 28.7% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. 24,884 residents call 77021 home, typically aged 37. On demographic stress specifically, 77021 scores 41/100. About 34% have a four-year degree. Households earn a median $45,034 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The tenure split is 40% owner-occupied to 60% rented. Around 52% of renters are cost-burdened. The vacancy rate is 14.2% — elevated.

Taken together, 77021 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.