ZIP 88042 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 88042 in Sierra County, New Mexico carries a composite property-distress score of 10/100 — a minimal reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on institutional ownership (26/100), structural risk (19/100), mortgage stress (16/100). On the quiet end sit structural risk (19/100) and mortgage stress (16/100). Structural risk reads 19/100 against active distress of 5/100.

The peak-phase market in 88042 posted values that rose 2.0% over the year, at 40/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Home values center near $195,900, an affordability ratio of 12.6× — stretched. Median household income is $15,385, below the U.S. median near $78,000. There are about 301 housing units across 88042. Owners hold 82% of homes, renters 18%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 55/100. Rent burden reaches 0% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 27.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Educational attainment sits at 7% bachelor's-or-above. Population is roughly 372 with a median age of 65. 54.6% of residents fall below the poverty threshold.

On the whole, 88042 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.