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ZIP 79842 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Brewster County, Texas · High Vacancy market

ZIP 79842's composite property-distress score is 17/100 - DLRadar classes that as low for Brewster County, Texas. Leading the profile are construction/permit lag (67/100), institutional ownership (41/100), structural risk (36/100). structural risk (36/100) and mortgage stress (9/100) stay muted. Latent structural risk is 36/100 while live distress already moving reads 3/100.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.0% over the trailing year, at 22/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Population is roughly 273 with a median age of 58. The ZIP holds roughly 369 housing units. The vacancy rate is 43.3% — elevated. Households earn a median $45,067 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The typical home is worth about $240,000 (3.2× income, relatively affordable). Roughly 6.2% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. 53% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 0% of renters are cost-burdened. Around 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 28/100.

Net-net, 79842 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.

Whether 79842 runs hot or quiet, its 17/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 79842 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Brewster County, Texas or nationwide. 79842 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

The 17/100 for 79842 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. For an operator, 79842 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.

17/100
Composite stress
36/100
Structural risk
3/100
Distress activity

ZIP 79842 distress signals, scored

Foreclosure activity0
Mortgage stress9
Climate / FEMA risk21
79842 carries 9 additional scored dimensions

Tax arrears, institutional buyers, insurance load, flood exposure, stalled construction, dislocated pricing and auction velocity — together with the 0 individual distressed properties come with owner, address, APN, an individual score and an exit read in the complete report.

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