ZIP 78577 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 78577 (Hidalgo County, Texas) at a moderate 36/100 for overall property distress. Structural exposure scores 79 and live distress 8 on the 0–100 scale. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (97/100), FEMA disaster exposure (81/100)). Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (79/100), institutional ownership (65/100), construction/permit lag (54/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (25/100).

The peak-phase market in 78577 posted values that rose 2.6% over the year, 2.8% off the recent peak, and 23% higher over three years, at 49/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Home values center near $122,100, an affordability ratio of 2.2× — accessible. 29.9% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Owners hold 59% of homes, renters 41%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 34/100. Vacancy runs 12.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Educational attainment sits at 18% bachelor's-or-above. Population is roughly 79,903 with a median age of 30. Rent burden reaches 37% of tenant households. There are about 27,194 housing units across 78577. Median household income is $49,768, below the U.S. median near $78,000.

On the whole, 78577 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.