ZIP 78379 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 public-record scale, ZIP 78379 in Kleberg County, Texas comes in at 36, a moderate composite-distress reading. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (81/100), FEMA disaster exposure (78/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (60/100). Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (98/100), structural risk (80/100), institutional ownership (71/100). mortgage stress (28/100) stay muted. On the structural side it scores 80/100, with 8/100 of stress already active.

The market reads peak — home values rose 0.9% year on year, at 9/100 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. The ZIP holds roughly 1,035 housing units. 86% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 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. Around 26% of renters are cost-burdened. 14.3% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. At $72,625, median income runs near typical U.S. levels.

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.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 78379's 36/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Kleberg County, Texas or any ZIP coast to coast. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 78379 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

78379's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. Practically, 78379 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.