ZIP 78526 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 distress scale, ZIP 78526 in Cameron County, Texas comes in at 36, a moderate composite-distress reading. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (98/100), climate & FEMA risk (96/100), FEMA disaster exposure (91/100). Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (76/100), institutional ownership (67/100), construction/permit lag (39/100). auction velocity (27/100) and mortgage stress (25/100) stay muted. The split runs 76/100 structural to 14/100 active on the ground.

Prices here sit in a neutral phase: values rose 4.3% over the trailing year, and 12% higher over three years, at 54/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

The typical home is worth about $185,000 (2.3× income, relatively affordable). The tenure split is 67% owner-occupied to 33% rented. About 59,719 people live here, median age 29. Rent burden reaches 38% of tenant households. 16.5% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Vacancy runs 6.2%. About 30% have a four-year degree. There are about 18,639 housing units across 78526. Median household income is $68,143, below the U.S. median near $78,000. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 29/100.

Overall, 78526 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. No parcel file is published for 78526 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

Big metro or rural, 78526 runs through one identical scoring model, so its 36/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Cameron County, Texas and the nation. Where the record is thin for 78526, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

78526's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. The point of the 78526 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.