ZIP 79078 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 distress scale, ZIP 79078 in Hutchinson County, Texas comes in at 27, a low composite-distress reading. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (68/100), climate & FEMA risk (66/100)). The split runs 59/100 structural to 0/100 active on the ground. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (59/100), institutional ownership (37/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (37/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 0.9% over the trailing year (phase confidence 9/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 72/100. The tenure split is 98% owner-occupied to 2% rented. About 0% have a four-year degree. Vacancy runs 73.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. There are about 204 housing units across 79078. The poverty rate is 41.8% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. 153 residents call 79078 home, typically aged 53.

On the whole, 79078 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. While 79078 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

The 79078 read uses the identical scoring model applied coast to coast, which means its 27/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 79078 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Hutchinson County, Texas. Sparse data for 79078 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

79078'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, 79078 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.