ZIP 78559 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 78559 (Cameron County, Texas) at a moderate 35/100 for overall property distress. Structural exposure scores 76 and live distress 8 on the 0–100 scale. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (76/100), institutional ownership (65/100), construction/permit lag (46/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (25/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (99/100), climate & FEMA risk (96/100), FEMA disaster exposure (81/100)).

The neutral-phase market in 78559 posted values that rose 3.0% over the year, and 8% higher over three years, at 23/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Population is roughly 12,752 with a median age of 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. Educational attainment sits at 14% bachelor's-or-above. 23.2% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Median household income is $48,117, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Vacancy runs 19.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 33/100.

On the whole, 78559 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.