ZIP 88253 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Chaves County, New Mexico's ZIP 88253 registers 28/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (85/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (72/100). The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (61/100), institutional ownership (48/100), construction/permit lag (38/100). construction/permit lag (38/100) and mortgage stress (19/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 61 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale.

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

A median home runs $168,300 here, or 1.8 times local income. There are about 360 housing units across 88253. The tenure split is 77% owner-occupied to 23% rented. About 19% have a four-year degree. Vacancy runs 16.6%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. On demographic stress specifically, 88253 scores 20/100. 915 residents call 88253 home, typically aged 46. Households earn a median $122,625 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. Roughly 8.4% live below the poverty line. Rent burden reaches 0% of tenant households.

Taken together, 88253 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.