ZIP 78242 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Bexar County, Texas, ZIP 78242 scores 35 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (89/100). The latent-versus-live split is 79/100 structural and 6/100 already moving. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (81/100), structural risk (79/100), institutional ownership (51/100). mortgage stress (20/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a recovery phase: values rose 1.9% over the trailing year, and 4% higher over three years (phase confidence 12/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

The vacancy rate is 5.8%. The ZIP holds roughly 11,436 housing units. About 10% have a four-year degree. Around 52% of renters are cost-burdened. On demographic stress specifically, 78242 scores 37/100. 35,976 residents call 78242 home, typically aged 29. Households earn a median $48,979 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The tenure split is 53% owner-occupied to 47% rented. Roughly 24.4% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. A median home runs $148,200 here, or 2.6 times local income.

Taken together, 78242 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.