ZIP 79904 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

DLRadar grades ZIP 79904 (El Paso County, Texas) at a low 26/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (58/100), construction/permit lag (57/100), institutional ownership (18/100). institutional ownership (18/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (94/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (81/100). The latent-versus-live split is 58/100 structural and 2/100 already moving.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.2% over the trailing year, and 26% higher over three years (phase confidence 34/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

On demographic stress specifically, 79904 scores 37/100. Around 51% of renters are cost-burdened. Roughly 24.1% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. About 14% have a four-year degree. A median home runs $127,100 here, or 2.9 times local income. The tenure split is 42% owner-occupied to 58% rented. The ZIP holds roughly 13,696 housing units. 33,022 residents call 79904 home, typically aged 33. Households earn a median $40,892 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The vacancy rate is 9.2%.

Taken together, 79904 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.