ZIP 78829 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Zavala County, Texas · High Vacancy market
ZIP code 78829 in Zavala County, Texas carries a composite property-distress score of 20/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic distress index. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (84/100), FEMA disaster exposure (78/100)). Its standout signals are institutional ownership (56/100), structural risk (45/100), mortgage stress (4/100). mortgage stress (4/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 45 and live distress 1 on the 0–100 scale.
Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.0% over the trailing year, at 22/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.
About 1,033 people live here, median age 26. The typical home is worth about $73,400 (2.0× income, relatively affordable). DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 46/100. There are about 394 housing units across 78829. The poverty rate is 54.6% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Households earn a median $26,227 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Vacancy runs 20.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Around 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 77% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 100% of renters are cost-burdened.
Net-net, 78829 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Parcel-level detail for 78829 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.
The number is not local guesswork: 78829's 20/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 78829 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.
The 20/100 for 78829 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. Treat 78829 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.
Signal-by-signal read on 78829
Tax-delinquent parcels, institutional ownership, insurance strain, flood risk, construction lag, price dislocation and auction speed — plus the 0 individual distressed properties are broken out by owner, address, APN, per-property score and exit read inside DLRadar.
78829 at a glance
A live read on 78829: distress, market phase, housing and bank pressure — identical to the report behind every parcel.
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