ZIP 77081 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Harris County, Texas, ZIP 77081 scores 35 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Its standout signals are structural risk (77/100), institutional ownership (64/100), construction/permit lag (46/100). mortgage stress (24/100) stay muted. On the structural side it scores 77/100, with 7/100 of stress already active. 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 1% higher over three years (phase confidence 19/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

About 20% have a four-year degree. Roughly 33.5% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Around 41% of renters are cost-burdened. On demographic stress specifically, 77081 scores 49/100. Households earn a median $42,228 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. 51,366 residents call 77081 home, typically aged 28. The ZIP holds roughly 21,033 housing units. The vacancy rate is 8.6%. The tenure split is 6% owner-occupied to 94% rented. A median home runs $274,000 here, or 5.8 times local income.

Taken together, 77081 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.