ZIP 88232 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Chaves County, New Mexico, ZIP 88232 scores 34 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Its standout signals are structural risk (77/100), institutional ownership (64/100), construction/permit lag (63/100). mortgage stress (25/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (97/100), climate & FEMA risk (86/100), FEMA disaster exposure (79/100). On the structural side it scores 77/100, with 7/100 of stress already active.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.8% over the trailing year (phase confidence 30/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

On demographic stress specifically, 88232 scores 30/100. 2,713 residents call 88232 home, typically aged 35. Roughly 21.5% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Around 42% of renters are cost-burdened. The ZIP holds roughly 775 housing units. A median home runs $134,700 here, or 1.7 times local income. Households earn a median $67,273 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The vacancy rate is 20.1% — elevated. About 9% have a four-year degree. The tenure split is 83% owner-occupied to 17% rented.

Taken together, 88232 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.