ZIP 79043 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Composite property distress in 79043 (Castro County, Texas) lands at 16/100 — low on DLRadar's distress scoring. On the structural side it scores 37/100, with 2/100 of stress already active. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (37/100), mortgage stress (5/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (5/100) and institutional ownership (4/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 1.9% year on year, at 21/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

At $55,301, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The vacancy rate is 20.9% — elevated. The tenure split is 55% owner-occupied to 45% rented. Rent burden reaches 16% of tenant households. The ZIP holds roughly 558 housing units. Around 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The poverty rate is 20.1% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. On demographic stress specifically, 79043 scores 27/100. 1,511 residents call 79043 home, typically aged 36. The typical home is worth about $60,200 (1.1× income, relatively affordable).

Taken together, 79043 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. There is no property file for 79043 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable records.

Big metro or rural, 79043 runs through one identical scoring model, so its 16/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Castro County, Texas and the nation. Sparse data for 79043 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

79043's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. For a buyer, 79043 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.