ZIP 78159 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 78159 (Gonzales County, Texas) lands at 30/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Structural exposure scores 67 and live distress 8 on the 0–100 scale. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (82/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (64/100). The sharpest non-environmental signals are institutional ownership (70/100), structural risk (67/100), construction/permit lag (50/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (27/100) register low.

The market reads neutral — home values rose 4.3% year on year, at 24/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Vacancy runs 25.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The typical home is worth about $132,600 (2.2× income, relatively affordable). The poverty rate is 32.8% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. 69% of housing is owner-occupied. At $33,542, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Around 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. About 604 people live here, median age 37. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 36/100. There are about 303 housing units across 78159. Rent burden reaches 53% of tenant households.

Net-net, 78159 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.