ZIP 79605 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 79605 in Taylor County, Texas carries a composite property-distress score of 18/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (84/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (72/100). On the structural side it scores 39/100, with 2/100 of stress already active. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (39/100), institutional ownership (17/100), mortgage stress (8/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (17/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) register low.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 5.1% year on year, and 13% higher over three years (phase confidence 37/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

At $59,565, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Around 46% of renters are cost-burdened. The poverty rate is 13.9%. The ZIP holds roughly 12,458 housing units. Around 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 31/100. The typical home is worth about $163,600 (2.7× income, relatively affordable). The vacancy rate is 10.5%. 57% of housing is owner-occupied. About 28,257 people live here, median age 35.

Net-net, 79605 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.