ZIP 78566 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 78566 in Cameron County, Texas carries a composite property-distress score of 35/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural exposure scores 76 and live distress 8 on the 0–100 scale. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (76/100), institutional ownership (65/100), construction/permit lag (46/100). mortgage stress (25/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (99/100), climate & FEMA risk (96/100), FEMA disaster exposure (81/100).

Prices here sit in a neutral phase: values rose 3.0% over the trailing year, and 9% higher over three years, at 23/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

The tenure split is 74% owner-occupied to 26% rented. About 20% have a four-year degree. 24,927 residents call 78566 home, typically aged 34. Households earn a median $64,385 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Vacancy runs 12.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. On demographic stress specifically, 78566 scores 30/100. There are about 8,244 housing units across 78566. Rent burden reaches 34% of tenant households. A median home runs $154,300 here, or 2.1 times local income. Roughly 26.4% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory.

Taken together, 78566 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.