ZIP 78938 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 78938 (Fayette County, Texas) lands at 25/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (71/100), structural risk (55/100), institutional ownership (48/100). mortgage stress (21/100) stay muted. On the structural side it scores 55/100, with 6/100 of stress already active. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (78/100).

Prices here sit in a neutral phase: values rose 4.3% over the trailing year (phase confidence 24/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

The tenure split is 83% owner-occupied to 17% rented. On demographic stress specifically, 78938 scores 26/100. Roughly 6.5% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. Around 6% of renters are cost-burdened. Households earn a median $62,500 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. About 12% have a four-year degree. The vacancy rate is 28.5% — elevated. A median home runs $201,400 here, or 3.5 times local income. The ZIP holds roughly 170 housing units. 245 residents call 78938 home, typically aged 39.

Taken together, 78938 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.