ZIP 78119 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Karnes County, Texas · High Vacancy market
In Karnes County, Texas, ZIP 78119 scores 16 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's distress index. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (48/100), structural risk (36/100), institutional ownership (22/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (22/100) and mortgage stress (10/100). The split runs 36/100 structural to 3/100 active on the ground.
The market reads peak — home values rose 1.6% year on year, at 17/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.
About 7,023 people live here, median age 37. The tenure split is 57% owner-occupied to 43% rented. There are about 2,539 housing units across 78119. Around 42% of renters are cost-burdened. Home values center near $147,000, an affordability ratio of 2.8× — accessible. Around 10% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The vacancy rate is 23.8% — elevated. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 36/100. The poverty rate is 26.0% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Median household income is $45,694, below the U.S. median near $78,000.
Net-net, 78119 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. While 78119 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.
Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 78119's 16/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Karnes County, Texas or any ZIP coast to coast. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 78119 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.
Behind 78119's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. Treat 78119 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.
Distress signal breakdown — ZIP 78119
Tax arrears, institutional buyers, insurance load, flood exposure, stalled construction, dislocated pricing and auction velocity — together with the 0 individual distressed properties — each with owner, address, APN, its own distress score and an exit read — are in the full report.
Snapshot: 78119 by the numbers
78119 live: composite distress, market phase, housing detail and lender pressure, identical to the per-property report.
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The complete 78119 distress and acquisition report
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