ZIP 79842 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 79842 (Brewster County, Texas) lands at 11/100 — minimal on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (64/100), structural risk (26/100), institutional ownership (16/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (16/100) and mortgage stress (9/100) register low. Structural exposure scores 26 and live distress 3 on the 0–100 scale.

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

About 273 people live here, median age 58. There are about 369 housing units across 79842. Vacancy runs 43.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. At $45,067, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The typical home is worth about $240,000 (3.2× income, relatively affordable). The poverty rate is 6.2% — low. 53% of housing is owner-occupied. Rent burden reaches 0% of tenant households. Around 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 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.