ZIP 79248 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 79248 (Cottle County, Texas) lands at 1/100 — minimal on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are mortgage stress (9/100), institutional ownership (3/100), structural risk (3/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (3/100) and structural risk (3/100) register low. Structural exposure scores 3 and live distress 3 on the 0–100 scale.

The market reads neutral — home values rose 4.3% year on year, at 24/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 1,124 people live here, median age 44. The poverty rate is 26.5% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. The typical home is worth about $55,000 (1.3× income, relatively affordable). 76% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. At $38,359, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Vacancy runs 40.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. There are about 868 housing units across 79248. Rent burden reaches 10% of tenant households. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 25/100.

Net-net, 79248 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.