ZIP 78536 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 public-record scale, ZIP 78536 in Starr County, Texas comes in at 23, a low composite-distress reading. Leading the profile are structural risk (51/100), institutional ownership (47/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (88/100), climate & FEMA risk (78/100)). The split runs 51/100 structural to 0/100 active on the ground.

The market reads peak — home values rose 0.9% year on year (phase confidence 9/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Population is roughly 345 with a median age of 37. 44.1% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. The tenure split is 82% owner-occupied to 18% rented. Educational attainment sits at 16% bachelor's-or-above. Around 0% of renters are cost-burdened. The ZIP holds roughly 169 housing units. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 33/100. Median household income is $29,327, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Vacancy runs 40.5%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal.

On the whole, 78536 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. While 78536 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

Big metro or rural, 78536 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 23/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Starr County, Texas and the nation. Where the public record is thin for 78536, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

78536's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. Treat 78536 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.