ZIP 78379 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 78379 (Kleberg County, Texas) at a moderate 34/100 for overall property distress. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (81/100), FEMA disaster exposure (78/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (61/100)). Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (79/100), structural risk (75/100), institutional ownership (70/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (28/100). Structural exposure scores 75 and live distress 8 on the 0–100 scale.

The peak-phase market in 78379 posted values that rose 1.1% over the year, at 18/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Population is roughly 1,800 with a median age of 49. There are about 1,035 housing units across 78379. Owners hold 86% of homes, renters 14%. Educational attainment sits at 29% bachelor's-or-above. Vacancy runs 25.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 23/100. Home values center near $133,200, an affordability ratio of 1.5× — accessible. Rent burden reaches 26% of tenant households. 14.3% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Median household income is $72,625, near the U.S. median near $78,000.

On the whole, 78379 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.