ZIP 78599 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Hidalgo County, Texas, ZIP 78599 scores 36 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural exposure scores 79 and live distress 8 on the 0–100 scale. Its standout 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).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.6% over the trailing year, 2.8% off the recent peak, and 18% higher over three years, at 49/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

35,400 residents call 78599 home, typically aged 27. Vacancy runs 7.2%. Roughly 23.6% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Households earn a median $55,939 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. A median home runs $125,400 here, or 2.0 times local income. There are about 10,225 housing units across 78599. The tenure split is 72% owner-occupied to 28% rented. Rent burden reaches 39% of tenant households. On demographic stress specifically, 78599 scores 31/100. About 16% have a four-year degree.

Taken together, 78599 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.