ZIP 79838 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 79838 (El Paso County, Texas) lands at 26/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (58/100), construction/permit lag (57/100), institutional ownership (18/100). institutional ownership (18/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) stay muted. The latent-versus-live split is 58/100 structural and 2/100 already moving. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (81/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.2% over the trailing year (phase confidence 34/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The vacancy rate is 17.3% — elevated. Roughly 22.4% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. A median home runs $95,800 here, or 2.1 times local income. Around 38% of renters are cost-burdened. On demographic stress specifically, 79838 scores 30/100. About 11% have a four-year degree. The tenure split is 78% owner-occupied to 22% rented. 4,813 residents call 79838 home, typically aged 45. Households earn a median $43,413 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The ZIP holds roughly 2,210 housing units.

Taken together, 79838 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.