ZIP 78118 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Karnes County, Texas · High Vacancy market
DLRadar grades ZIP 78118 (Karnes County, Texas) at a minimal 13/100 for overall property distress. Structurally it carries 29/100, against 2/100 of stress already in motion. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (50/100), structural risk (29/100), institutional ownership (7/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (7/100) and mortgage stress (5/100) register low.
The peak-phase market in 78118 posted values that rose 1.9% over the year, at 21/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.
Vacancy runs 25.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. 19.6% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Median household income is $63,041, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Rent burden reaches 37% of tenant households. There are about 1,940 housing units across 78118. Educational attainment sits at 16% bachelor's-or-above. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 29/100. Owners hold 73% of homes, renters 27%. About 4,097 people live here, median age 38. Home values center near $103,700, an affordability ratio of 1.8× — accessible.
On the whole, 78118 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Parcel-level detail for 78118 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.
The 78118 read uses the identical scoring model applied coast to coast, which means its 13/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 78118 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Karnes County, Texas. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 78118, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.
78118's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. For a buyer, 78118 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.
Distress signal breakdown — ZIP 78118
Tax arrears, institutional buyers, insurance load, flood exposure, stalled construction, dislocated pricing and auction velocity — together with the 0 individual distressed properties come with owner, address, APN, an individual score and an exit read in the complete report.
78118 at a glance
Real-time distress, cycle phase, housing and bank-stress readings for 78118, the same set carried on every parcel.
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