ZIP 77420 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 77420 (Wharton County, Texas) lands at 30/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Structural risk reads 67/100 against active distress of 7/100. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (67/100), institutional ownership (59/100), construction/permit lag (46/100). mortgage stress (22/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (81/100), FEMA disaster exposure (78/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (75/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 1.2% over the trailing year, at 18/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The tenure split is 89% owner-occupied to 11% rented. A median home runs $226,400 here, or 2.5 times local income. Households earn a median $79,583 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. There are about 995 housing units across 77420. 2,461 residents call 77420 home, typically aged 32. Vacancy runs 13.6%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. About 33% have a four-year degree. Roughly 7.2% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. On demographic stress specifically, 77420 scores 27/100. Rent burden reaches 51% of tenant households.

Taken together, 77420 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.