ZIP 78596 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 78596 (Hidalgo County, Texas) lands at 36/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (79/100), institutional ownership (65/100), construction/permit lag (54/100). mortgage stress (25/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (97/100), FEMA disaster exposure (81/100). On the structural side it scores 79/100, with 8/100 of stress already active.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.6% over the trailing year, 2.8% off the recent peak, and 16% higher over three years (phase confidence 49/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Households earn a median $53,797 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Around 47% of renters are cost-burdened. Roughly 24.7% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. About 21% have a four-year degree. 38,942 residents call 78596 home, typically aged 32. The ZIP holds roughly 16,329 housing units. A median home runs $104,000 here, or 1.7 times local income. The vacancy rate is 23.3% — elevated. On demographic stress specifically, 78596 scores 32/100. The tenure split is 64% owner-occupied to 36% rented.

Taken together, 78596 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.