ZIP 79079 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 79079 in Wheeler County, Texas carries a composite property-distress score of 5/100 — a minimal reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (10/100), mortgage stress (7/100), institutional ownership (3/100). mortgage stress (7/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 10 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a neutral phase: values rose 4.3% over the trailing year, at 24/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

The tenure split is 80% owner-occupied to 20% rented. On demographic stress specifically, 79079 scores 30/100. Vacancy runs 33.7%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. About 22% have a four-year degree. A median home runs $92,500 here, or 1.3 times local income. Roughly 14.7% live below the poverty line. 2,406 residents call 79079 home, typically aged 40. Households earn a median $68,081 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. There are about 1,424 housing units across 79079. Rent burden reaches 66% of tenant households.

Taken together, 79079 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.