ZIP 78959 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Gonzales County, Texas, ZIP 78959 scores 29 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural exposure scores 64 and live distress 0 on the 0–100 scale. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (77/100), FEMA disaster exposure (61/100). Its standout signals are institutional ownership (65/100), structural risk (64/100), construction/permit lag (54/100).

Prices here sit in a neutral phase: values rose 4.1% over the trailing year, at 23/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

On demographic stress specifically, 78959 scores 30/100. The tenure split is 74% owner-occupied to 26% rented. Rent burden reaches 15% of tenant households. Roughly 13.1% live below the poverty line. Vacancy runs 19.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. There are about 705 housing units across 78959. 1,401 residents call 78959 home, typically aged 51. About 16% have a four-year degree. Households earn a median $51,029 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure.

Taken together, 78959 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.