ZIP 77517 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 77517 in Galveston County, Texas carries a composite property-distress score of 35/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (95/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (91/100), FEMA disaster exposure (78/100). The latent-versus-live split is 78/100 structural and 7/100 already moving. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (78/100), construction/permit lag (64/100), institutional ownership (62/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (24/100) register low.

The market reads peak — home values rose 1.6% year on year, and 3% higher over three years (phase confidence 19/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

The typical home is worth about $314,100 (3.2× income, relatively affordable). The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 29/100. 87% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 45% of renters are cost-burdened. At $83,484, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. Around 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The poverty rate is 3.4% — low. The ZIP holds roughly 1,999 housing units. About 5,665 people live here, median age 39. The vacancy rate is 4.9%.

Net-net, 77517 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.