ZIP 79097 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 79097 in Carson County, Texas carries a composite property-distress score of 11/100 — a minimal reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (56/100), structural risk (25/100), mortgage stress (5/100). mortgage stress (5/100) and institutional ownership (4/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 25 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 1.5% over the trailing year, at 14/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

1,319 residents call 79097 home, typically aged 36. Roughly 9.8% live below the poverty line. A median home runs $144,600 here, or 2.1 times local income. Vacancy runs 20.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The tenure split is 78% owner-occupied to 22% rented. On demographic stress specifically, 79097 scores 23/100. There are about 600 housing units across 79097. Rent burden reaches 6% of tenant households. Households earn a median $86,800 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. About 18% have a four-year degree.

Taken together, 79097 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.