ZIP 78359 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP 78359's composite property-distress score is 31/100 - DLRadar classes that as moderate for San Patricio County, Texas. The split runs 69/100 structural to 8/100 active on the ground. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (69/100), institutional ownership (66/100), construction/permit lag (39/100). By contrast, construction/permit lag (39/100) and mortgage stress (25/100) register low. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (89/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (83/100), climate & FEMA risk (82/100).

The peak-phase market in 78359 posted values that held roughly flat over the year, 4.1% off the recent peak, at 11/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

The typical home is worth about $117,700 (2.7× income, relatively affordable). Median household income is $35,750, below the U.S. median near $78,000. 59% of housing is owner-occupied. There are about 684 housing units across 78359. The vacancy rate is 10.8%. The poverty rate is 43.7% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. 2,230 residents call 78359 home, typically aged 28. About 2% have a four-year degree. Rent burden reaches 49% of tenant households. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 41/100.

On the whole, 78359 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. There is no property file for 78359 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable public records.

No ZIP is too small to score: 78359 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 31/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 78359, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

The 31/100 figure for 78359 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. The point of the 78359 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.