ZIP 78944 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 78944 in Austin County, Texas carries a composite property-distress score of 24/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (81/100). What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (64/100), structural risk (52/100), institutional ownership (49/100). mortgage stress (20/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 52 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 1.6% over the trailing year, at 19/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The tenure split is 94% owner-occupied to 6% rented. Roughly 4.0% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. 672 residents call 78944 home, typically aged 58. There are about 411 housing units across 78944. A median home runs $384,100 here, or 2.7 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 78944 scores 24/100. About 38% have a four-year degree. Households earn a median $140,875 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. Vacancy runs 26.1%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 36% of tenant households.

Taken together, 78944 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.