ZIP 78942 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Lee County, Texas · High Vacancy market
On DLRadar's 0-100 public-record scale, ZIP 78942 in Lee County, Texas comes in at 19, a low composite-distress reading. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (83/100)). Its heaviest discrete signals: institutional ownership (45/100), structural risk (39/100), construction/permit lag (34/100). construction/permit lag (34/100) and mortgage stress (17/100) stay muted. The latent-versus-live split is 39/100 structural and 5/100 already moving.
The peak-phase market in 78942 posted values that rose 1.9% over the year, and 20% higher over three years (phase confidence 20/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.
Population is roughly 9,858 with a median age of 40. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 33/100. Home values center near $255,700, an affordability ratio of 3.9× — accessible. The tenure split is 75% owner-occupied to 25% rented. There are about 4,490 housing units across 78942. Vacancy runs 14.7%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. 16.3% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Educational attainment sits at 21% bachelor's-or-above. Rent burden reaches 35% of tenant households. Households earn a median $60,084 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure.
Net-net, 78942 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. 78942 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.
The number is not local guesswork: 78942's 19/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Sparse data for 78942 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.
78942's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. For an operator, 78942 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.
ZIP 78942 distress signals, scored
Delinquent tax, institutional holdings, insurance strain, flood/NFIP exposure, build-out lag, price dislocation and auction pace — along with the 0 individual distressed properties (owner, address, APN, per-property score and exit read) are in the full DLRadar report.
The 78942 distress snapshot
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