ZIP 78359 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 78359 in San Patricio County, Texas carries a composite property-distress score of 30/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural risk reads 65/100 against active distress of 8/100. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (65/100), institutional ownership (62/100), construction/permit lag (32/100). construction/permit lag (32/100) and mortgage stress (25/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (83/100), climate & FEMA risk (82/100), FEMA disaster exposure (81/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 0.6% over the trailing year, 1.0% off the recent peak, at 27/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

A median home runs $117,700 here, or 2.7 times local income. Households earn a median $35,750 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The tenure split is 59% owner-occupied to 41% rented. There are about 684 housing units across 78359. Vacancy runs 10.8%. Roughly 43.7% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. 2,230 residents call 78359 home, typically aged 28. About 2% have a four-year degree. Rent burden reaches 49% of tenant households. On demographic stress specifically, 78359 scores 41/100.

Taken together, 78359 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.