ZIP 78606 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 78606 in Blanco County, Texas carries a composite property-distress score of 21/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. The latent-versus-live split is 46/100 structural and 4/100 already moving. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (72/100), structural risk (46/100), institutional ownership (35/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (35/100) and mortgage stress (14/100) register low.

The market reads neutral — home values rose 3.7% year on year, and 14% higher over three years (phase confidence 21/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Around 22% of renters are cost-burdened. The ZIP holds roughly 3,510 housing units. The poverty rate is 8.8%. Around 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. At $89,980, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. 74% of housing is owner-occupied. The typical home is worth about $437,600 (4.0× income). The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 28/100. The vacancy rate is 16.3% — elevated. About 6,977 people live here, median age 48.

Net-net, 78606 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.