ZIP 79766 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 79766 (Ector County, Texas) lands at 21/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (59/100), structural risk (48/100), institutional ownership (16/100). institutional ownership (16/100) and mortgage stress (7/100) stay muted. On the structural side it scores 48/100, with 2/100 of stress already active. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (67/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (67/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.6% over the trailing year (phase confidence 27/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Roughly 18.3% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. 10,712 residents call 79766 home, typically aged 31. Households earn a median $70,965 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. About 10% have a four-year degree. Around 5% of renters are cost-burdened. The ZIP holds roughly 3,682 housing units. The vacancy rate is 3.9%. On demographic stress specifically, 79766 scores 23/100. The tenure split is 80% owner-occupied to 20% rented. A median home runs $140,800 here, or 2.1 times local income.

Overall, 79766 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.