ZIP 78342 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

DLRadar grades ZIP 78342 (Jim Wells County, Texas) at a low 29/100 for overall property distress. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (83/100). The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (63/100), institutional ownership (40/100). Structural exposure scores 63 and live distress 0 on the 0–100 scale.

The market reads peak — home values rose 0.9% year on year (phase confidence 9/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Median household income is $42,014, below the U.S. median near $78,000. The tenure split is 58% owner-occupied to 42% rented. About 11% have a four-year degree. Around 51% of renters are cost-burdened. The ZIP holds roughly 173 housing units. 338 residents call 78342 home, typically aged 60. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 38/100. Roughly 18.6% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. The vacancy rate is 9.4%.

Overall, 78342 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. 78342 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

Whether 78342 runs hot or quiet, its 29/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 78342 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Jim Wells County, Texas or nationwide. Where the public record is thin for 78342, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

Behind 78342'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. Practically, 78342 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.