ZIP 78401 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 78401 (Nueces County, Texas) lands at 33/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Structural exposure scores 71 and live distress 7 on the 0–100 scale. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (71/100), institutional ownership (61/100), construction/permit lag (39/100). construction/permit lag (39/100) and mortgage stress (24/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (96/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (85/100), FEMA disaster exposure (78/100).

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.

The tenure split is 13% owner-occupied to 87% rented. A median home runs $77,500 here, or 2.0 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 78401 scores 38/100. There are about 2,041 housing units across 78401. 4,668 residents call 78401 home, typically aged 48. Roughly 32.2% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Vacancy runs 28.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 33% of tenant households. Households earn a median $37,796 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. About 15% have a four-year degree.

Taken together, 78401 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.