ZIP 79044 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP 79044's composite property-distress score is 6/100 - DLRadar classes that as minimal for Hartley County, Texas. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (13/100), mortgage stress (3/100), institutional ownership (3/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (3/100) and institutional ownership (3/100). On the structural side it scores 13/100, with 1/100 of stress already active.

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.0% year on year, at 22/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The vacancy rate is 13.8% — elevated. Owners hold 68% of homes, renters 32%. On demographic stress specifically, 79044 scores 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. Educational attainment sits at 25% bachelor's-or-above. 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. No parcel file is published for 79044 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

The number is not local guesswork: 79044's 6/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Sparse data for 79044 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

79044'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, 79044 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.