ZIP 77539 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Galveston County, Texas's ZIP 77539 registers 35/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (78/100), institutional ownership (62/100), construction/permit lag (62/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (24/100). The latent-versus-live split is 78/100 structural and 7/100 already moving. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (95/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (91/100), FEMA disaster exposure (78/100)).

The peak-phase market in 77539 posted values that rose 1.6% over the year, and 6% higher over three years (phase confidence 19/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Median household income is $85,263, near the U.S. median near $78,000. Owners hold 75% of homes, renters 25%. Around 39% of renters are cost-burdened. Educational attainment sits at 26% bachelor's-or-above. The vacancy rate is 7.4%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 28/100. The ZIP holds roughly 19,037 housing units. Population is roughly 47,164 with a median age of 36. 12.2% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Home values center near $264,800, an affordability ratio of 2.9× — accessible.

On balance 77539 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.