ZIP 79331 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 public-record scale, ZIP 79331 in Dawson County, Texas comes in at 9, a minimal composite-distress reading. Structural exposure scores 20 and live distress 1 on the 0–100 scale. Its heaviest discrete signals: construction/permit lag (41/100), structural risk (20/100), mortgage stress (4/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (4/100) and institutional ownership (3/100).

The peak-phase market in 79331 posted values that rose 2.3% over the year, and 12% higher over three years, at 21/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Rent burden reaches 40% of tenant households. Roughly 18.4% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. At $56,179, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The vacancy rate is 14.4% — elevated. The typical home is worth about $101,800 (1.6× income, relatively affordable). About 14% have a four-year degree. There are about 4,683 housing units across 79331. 69% of housing is owner-occupied. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 28/100. 11,751 residents call 79331 home, typically aged 35.

Net-net, 79331 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. While 79331 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

The number is not local guesswork: 79331's 9/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. 79331 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

The 9/100 figure for 79331 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. The point of the 79331 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.