ZIP 78548 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 78548 in Starr County, Texas carries a composite property-distress score of 24/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (87/100), climate & FEMA risk (78/100). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (53/100), institutional ownership (51/100), mortgage stress (21/100). mortgage stress (21/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 53 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 1.1% over the trailing year, at 18/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The tenure split is 80% owner-occupied to 20% rented. A median home runs $54,400 here, or 1.4 times local income. Roughly 23.0% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Rent burden reaches 81% of tenant households. There are about 528 housing units across 78548. Vacancy runs 20.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. About 1% have a four-year degree. On demographic stress specifically, 78548 scores 36/100. 1,456 residents call 78548 home, typically aged 32. Households earn a median $37,212 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure.

Taken together, 78548 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.