ZIP 79549 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 79549 (Scurry County, Texas) at a minimal 13/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (31/100), mortgage stress (4/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (4/100) and institutional ownership (3/100). Structural exposure scores 31 and live distress 1 on the 0–100 scale.

The peak-phase market in 79549 posted values that rose 2.4% over the year, and 22% higher over three years, at 19/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Population is roughly 15,505 with a median age of 36. Home values center near $112,000, an affordability ratio of 1.8× — accessible. There are about 6,328 housing units across 79549. Owners hold 76% of homes, renters 24%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 23/100. Educational attainment sits at 17% bachelor's-or-above. Vacancy runs 13.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Median household income is $59,559, below the U.S. median near $78,000. 10.2% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Rent burden reaches 22% of tenant households.

On the whole, 79549 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.