ZIP 79098 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Deaf Smith County, Texas · High Vacancy market
In Deaf Smith County, Texas, ZIP 79098 scores 10 of 100 for composite distress, a minimal level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structurally it carries 20/100, against 1/100 of stress already in motion. Leading the profile are structural risk (20/100), institutional ownership (9/100), construction/permit lag (5/100). construction/permit lag (5/100) and mortgage stress (4/100) stay muted.
Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 1.9% over the trailing year (phase confidence 13/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.
At $38,580, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. 15.8% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Population is roughly 535 with a median age of 54. The vacancy rate is 13.8% — elevated. Around 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The ZIP holds roughly 227 housing units. Rent burden reaches 66% of tenant households. On demographic stress specifically, 79098 scores 36/100. 82% of housing is owner-occupied. Home values center near $170,600, an affordability ratio of 3.6× — accessible.
Taken together, 79098 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.
The number is not local guesswork: 79098's 10/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 79098, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.
79098's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. In workflow terms, 79098 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.
ZIP 79098 distress signals, scored
Delinquent tax, institutional holdings, insurance strain, flood/NFIP exposure, build-out lag, price dislocation and auction pace — along with the 0 individual distressed properties are broken out by owner, address, APN, per-property score and exit read inside DLRadar.
The 79098 distress snapshot
A live read on 79098: distress, market phase, housing and bank pressure — identical to the report behind every parcel.
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