ZIP 78503 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Hidalgo County, Texas, ZIP 78503 scores 36 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Its standout signals are structural risk (79/100), institutional ownership (65/100), construction/permit lag (54/100). mortgage stress (25/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (97/100), FEMA disaster exposure (81/100). The latent-versus-live split is 79/100 structural and 8/100 already moving.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.6% over the trailing year, 2.8% off the recent peak, and 9% higher over three years (phase confidence 49/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Households earn a median $48,765 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Roughly 26.7% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Around 38% of renters are cost-burdened. The vacancy rate is 13.1% — elevated. About 25% have a four-year degree. A median home runs $150,900 here, or 2.7 times local income. The ZIP holds roughly 8,289 housing units. On demographic stress specifically, 78503 scores 33/100. 22,566 residents call 78503 home, typically aged 32. The tenure split is 58% owner-occupied to 42% rented.

Taken together, 78503 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.