ZIP 78837 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Val Verde County, Texas, ZIP 78837 scores 17 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (71/100). The latent-versus-live split is 37/100 structural and 1/100 already moving. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (62/100), structural risk (37/100), mortgage stress (3/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (3/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) register low.

The market reads peak — home values rose 1.1% year on year (phase confidence 18/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

At $47,153, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 12.8%. Around 0% of renters are cost-burdened. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 26/100. The ZIP holds roughly 101 housing units. The vacancy rate is 37.8% — elevated. The typical home is worth about $209,200 (4.5× income). About 137 people live here, median age 66. Around 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 80% of housing is owner-occupied.

Net-net, 78837 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.