ZIP 78559 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Cameron County, Texas, ZIP 78559 scores 34 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's distress index. On the structural side it scores 75/100, with 8/100 of stress already active. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (75/100), institutional ownership (66/100), construction/permit lag (39/100). On the quiet end sit construction/permit lag (39/100) and mortgage stress (25/100). Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (98/100), climate & FEMA risk (96/100), FEMA disaster exposure (85/100).

The market reads neutral — home values rose 4.3% year on year, and 8% higher over three years, at 54/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

12,752 residents call 78559 home, typically aged 32. Owners hold 75% of homes, renters 25%. Home values center near $103,800, an affordability ratio of 2.1× — accessible. Rent burden reaches 50% of tenant households. There are about 5,321 housing units across 78559. About 14% have a four-year degree. The poverty rate is 23.2% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Households earn a median $48,117 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The vacancy rate is 19.4% — elevated. On demographic stress specifically, 78559 scores 33/100.

Taken together, 78559 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. 78559 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

The number is not local guesswork: 78559's 34/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed as records update; 78559 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.

78559's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. The point of the 78559 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.