ZIP 79044 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 79044 (Hartley County, Texas) at a minimal 6/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (13/100), mortgage stress (3/100), institutional ownership (3/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (3/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) register low. Structural risk reads 13/100 against active distress of 1/100.

The market reads neutral — home values rose 4.3% year on year, at 24/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Vacancy runs 13.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. 68% of housing is owner-occupied. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 31/100. The poverty rate is 6.7% — low. The typical home is worth about $185,400 (3.1× income, relatively affordable). Rent burden reaches 54% of tenant households. About 644 people live here, median age 45. There are about 339 housing units across 79044. Around 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. At $63,200, median income runs below typical U.S. levels.

Net-net, 79044 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.