ZIP 79096 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Wheeler County, Texas, ZIP 79096 scores 6 of 100 for composite distress, a minimal level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural exposure scores 11 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale. Its heaviest discrete signals: structural risk (11/100), mortgage stress (6/100), institutional ownership (3/100). mortgage stress (6/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) stay muted.

The peak-phase market in 79096 posted values that rose 2.0% over the year (phase confidence 22/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Households earn a median $70,282 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. On demographic stress specifically, 79096 scores 25/100. The tenure split is 76% owner-occupied to 24% rented. Vacancy runs 21.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Around 19% of renters are cost-burdened. A median home runs $160,600 here, or 2.1 times local income. About 19% have a four-year degree. Population is roughly 2,022 with a median age of 40. The poverty rate is 13.1%. The ZIP holds roughly 923 housing units.

On the whole, 79096 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Parcel-level detail for 79096 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

The number is not local guesswork: 79096's 6/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Where the public record is thin for 79096, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

79096's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. Practically, 79096 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.