ZIP 78409 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Nueces County, Texas · Affordable market
On DLRadar's 0-100 distress scale, ZIP 78409 in Nueces County, Texas comes in at 34, a moderate composite-distress reading. Structural exposure scores 75 and live distress 7 on the 0–100 scale. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (96/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (84/100), FEMA disaster exposure (73/100)). Leading the profile are structural risk (75/100), construction/permit lag (60/100), institutional ownership (58/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (24/100).
The market reads peak — home values held roughly flat year on year, 4.1% off the recent peak (phase confidence 11/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.
The typical home is worth about $172,600 (2.1× income, relatively affordable). The poverty rate is 13.1%. Population is roughly 2,504 with a median age of 35. Vacancy runs 11.1%. Owners hold 52% of homes, renters 48%. Around 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Households earn a median $62,813 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Around 32% of renters are cost-burdened. The ZIP holds roughly 1,124 housing units. On demographic stress specifically, 78409 scores 29/100.
On balance 78409 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Parcel-level detail for 78409 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.
No ZIP is too small to score: 78409 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 34/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. Sparse data for 78409 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.
78409's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. Treat 78409 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.
Distress signal breakdown — ZIP 78409
Tax-delinquent parcels, institutional ownership, insurance strain, flood risk, construction lag, price dislocation and auction speed — plus the 0 individual distressed properties are listed in full, with owner, address, APN, per-parcel score and exit-velocity read.
The 78409 distress snapshot
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