ZIP 79902 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 79902 in El Paso County, Texas carries a composite property-distress score of 26/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (58/100), construction/permit lag (57/100), institutional ownership (18/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (18/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (81/100). On the structural side it scores 58/100, with 2/100 of stress already active.

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.2% year on year, and 29% higher over three years (phase confidence 34/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

At $45,333, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. About 18,529 people live here, median age 40. Around 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 41% of housing is owner-occupied. The ZIP holds roughly 9,650 housing units. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 39/100. The poverty rate is 23.9% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. The vacancy rate is 11.2% — elevated. Around 44% of renters are cost-burdened. The typical home is worth about $238,500 (4.9× income).

Net-net, 79902 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.