ZIP 79701 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

DLRadar grades ZIP 79701 (Midland County, Texas) at a low 28/100 for overall property distress. Structural exposure scores 64 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (82/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (80/100). Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (95/100), structural risk (64/100), institutional ownership (18/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (18/100) and mortgage stress (8/100).

The market reads neutral — home values rose 3.8% year on year, 1.2% off the recent peak, and 18% higher over three years (phase confidence 27/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

Population is roughly 27,678 with a median age of 32. The tenure split is 65% owner-occupied to 35% rented. The typical home is worth about $214,700 (3.5× income, relatively affordable). The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 36/100. The ZIP holds roughly 11,360 housing units. Around 51% of renters are cost-burdened. The vacancy rate is 8.6%. Around 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Median household income is $57,679, below the U.S. median near $78,000. 24.3% of residents fall below the poverty threshold.

On the whole, 79701 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. While 79701 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

Whether 79701 runs hot or quiet, its 28/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 79701 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Midland County, Texas or nationwide. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 79701, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

Each component behind 79701 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 28/100 roll-up. For a buyer, 79701 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.