ZIP 78942 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 78942 (Lee County, Texas) lands at 18/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (77/100). The sharpest non-environmental signals are institutional ownership (42/100), structural risk (37/100), construction/permit lag (32/100). By contrast, construction/permit lag (32/100) and mortgage stress (17/100) register low. Structural risk reads 37/100 against active distress of 5/100.

The market reads neutral — home values rose 4.1% year on year, and 20% higher over three years, at 23/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 9,858 people live here, median age 40. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 33/100. The typical home is worth about $255,700 (3.9× income, relatively affordable). 75% of housing is owner-occupied. There are about 4,490 housing units across 78942. Vacancy runs 14.7%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The poverty rate is 16.3% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Around 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Rent burden reaches 35% of tenant households. At $60,084, median income runs below typical U.S. levels.

Net-net, 78942 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.