ZIP 78044 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Webb County, Texas, ZIP 78044 scores 31 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Its standout signals are structural risk (68/100), construction/permit lag (57/100), institutional ownership (56/100). Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (86/100), FEMA disaster exposure (78/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (60/100). The latent-versus-live split is 68/100 structural and 0/100 already moving.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.6% over the trailing year (phase confidence 44/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Around 100% of renters are cost-burdened. The vacancy rate is 32.7% — elevated. 364 residents call 78044 home, typically aged 43. The ZIP holds roughly 156 housing units. Roughly 37.9% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. The tenure split is 84% owner-occupied to 16% rented. About 0% have a four-year degree. A median home runs $220,600 here. On demographic stress specifically, 78044 scores 55/100.

Taken together, 78044 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.