ZIP 78576 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Hidalgo County, Texas, ZIP 78576 scores 36 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Its standout signals are structural risk (79/100), institutional ownership (65/100), construction/permit lag (54/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (25/100) register low. The latent-versus-live split is 79/100 structural and 8/100 already moving. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (97/100), FEMA disaster exposure (81/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.6% year on year, 2.8% off the recent peak (phase confidence 49/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

The ZIP holds roughly 3,947 housing units. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 41/100. 81% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 70% of renters are cost-burdened. The vacancy rate is 7.3%. Around 6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The poverty rate is 40.4% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. About 13,902 people live here, median age 21. At $48,205, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The typical home is worth about $131,400 (2.4× income, relatively affordable).

Net-net, 78576 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.