ZIP 79761 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 79761 (Ector County, Texas) lands at 24/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Structural exposure scores 56 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (85/100), climate & FEMA risk (83/100). The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (58/100), structural risk (56/100), institutional ownership (19/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (19/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) register low.

The market reads peak — home values rose 3.2% year on year, and 13% higher over three years, at 35/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

There are about 13,549 housing units across 79761. 57% of housing is owner-occupied. The poverty rate is 13.0%. Rent burden reaches 38% of tenant households. The typical home is worth about $166,000 (2.3× income, relatively affordable). Around 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Vacancy runs 8.6%. At $69,279, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. About 30,243 people live here, median age 30. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 29/100.

Net-net, 79761 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.