ZIP 78578 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 78578 (Cameron County, Texas) lands at 35/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (76/100), institutional ownership (65/100), construction/permit lag (46/100). mortgage stress (25/100) stay muted. On the structural side it scores 76/100, with 8/100 of stress already active. 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 25% higher over three years (phase confidence 23/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

The tenure split is 77% owner-occupied to 23% rented. 10,231 residents call 78578 home, typically aged 48. On demographic stress specifically, 78578 scores 34/100. Around 32% of renters are cost-burdened. Roughly 19.7% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. About 25% have a four-year degree. Households earn a median $52,041 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The ZIP holds roughly 6,480 housing units. A median home runs $196,200 here, or 3.7 times local income. The vacancy rate is 32.8% — elevated.

Taken together, 78578 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.