ZIP 79788 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 79788 (Ward County, Texas) at a minimal 2/100 for overall property distress. On the structural side it scores 4/100, with 1/100 of stress already active. Property-level stress concentrates in mortgage stress (4/100), structural risk (4/100), institutional ownership (3/100). By contrast, structural risk (4/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) register low.

The market reads neutral — home values rose 4.3% year on year (phase confidence 24/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Around 31% of renters are cost-burdened. About 789 people live here, median age 26. The poverty rate is 3.7% — low. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 20/100. At $73,972, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. 94% of housing is owner-occupied. The vacancy rate is 3.7%. The typical home is worth about $84,700 (1.1× income, relatively affordable). Around 5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The ZIP holds roughly 261 housing units.

Net-net, 79788 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.