ZIP 78402 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Nueces County, Texas's ZIP 78402 registers 33/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (71/100), institutional ownership (61/100), construction/permit lag (39/100). By contrast, construction/permit lag (39/100) and mortgage stress (24/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (96/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (85/100), FEMA disaster exposure (78/100). On the structural side it scores 71/100, with 7/100 of stress already active.

The market reads peak — home values rose 0.6% year on year, 1.0% off the recent peak (phase confidence 27/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

At $53,102, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. About 392 people live here, median age 38. The vacancy rate is 75.7% — elevated. 72% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 100% of renters are cost-burdened. Around 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The poverty rate is 14.3%. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 44/100. The ZIP holds roughly 806 housing units. The typical home is worth about $193,000 (3.7× income, relatively affordable).

Net-net, 78402 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.