ZIP 79855 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 distress scale, ZIP 79855 in Culberson County, Texas comes in at 8, a minimal composite-distress reading. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (64/100), structural risk (18/100), mortgage stress (6/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (6/100) and institutional ownership (3/100). The split runs 18/100 structural to 2/100 active on the ground.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.0% over the trailing year (phase confidence 21/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The typical home is worth about $79,300 (2.0× income, relatively affordable). On demographic stress specifically, 79855 scores 25/100. The vacancy rate is 23.3% — elevated. The poverty rate is 17.9% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. 2,159 residents call 79855 home, typically aged 48. The ZIP holds roughly 1,053 housing units. Owners hold 75% of homes, renters 25%. Around 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Around 10% of renters are cost-burdened. Median household income is $43,190, below the U.S. median near $78,000.

Net-net, 79855 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Parcel-level detail for 79855 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.

No ZIP is too small to score: 79855 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 8/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. Where the record is thin for 79855, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

79855's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. Practically, 79855 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.