Hempstead County, AR: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Hempstead County, AR, Arkansas: 11 ZIP codes scored, Hempstead County, AR averaging 25/100 (low, Hempstead, AR), from 21 to 27. Hempstead County, AR is in its peak phase (Hempstead, AR confidence 24/100): Hempstead, AR home prices up 3.3% (Hempstead, AR) over twelve months. Hempstead County, AR lender headwind: 25/100.

Highest-scoring Hempstead County, AR ZIPs: 71801 (27/100), 71825 (27/100), 71847 (27/100), 71855 (27/100), 71862 (27/100), 71838 (26/100). Also scored in Hempstead County, AR: 71859, 71831, 71852, 71835, 71857.

Across Hempstead County, AR's scored ZIPs: median home value $127,200, household income $47,150, 29.8% vacancy, 15.6% poverty, 80% owner-occupied, median age 49.7.

Hempstead County, AR insurance distress 66/100 (#744 in the US); FEMA hazard 72/100 for Hempstead, AR; 9 federal disaster declarations in Hempstead County, AR since 2023 (3 flood); 1 Hempstead, AR NFIP flood claims, $12K paid; Hempstead, AR construction distress 98/100.

6 banks with 7 branches lend in Hempstead County, AR; Hempstead, AR weighted bank stress 57/100, highest 67/100 in Hempstead, AR.

Hempstead County, AR unemployment 4.5% (Hempstead, AR -0.4 pts, six months); Hempstead, AR home prices +11.6% a year (Hempstead, AR) over three years.

9,642 housing units in Hempstead County, AR; 2,264 Hempstead, AR renter households; 37% of Hempstead, AR renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 18% (Hempstead, AR) half or more.

Hempstead County, AR ranks #154 nationally on the opportunity index (Hempstead, AR, among all ranked counties); Hempstead, AR scores 36.3/100 and Hempstead, AR sits #10 inside Arkansas. Hempstead, AR is in the strong_buy opportunity phase; Hempstead, AR's primary driver is vacancy, Hempstead, AR second driver construction; Hempstead, AR moved up 7 places. 1 short-sale listings across Hempstead, AR; 79 days on market observed in Hempstead, AR; 20.9% vacancy over 11 Hempstead, AR ZIPs.

No CFPB county sample covers Hempstead County, AR. The non-metro area reading for Hempstead, AR: 1.5% ninety-plus days late; Hempstead, AR's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 3.0% (Hempstead, AR, December 2025 data); Arkansas overall 1.3%.

Hempstead County, AR has 4 watched banks; 4 Hempstead, AR banks sit in an elevated band. Hempstead, AR footprints: Farmers Bank&Trust Co (2 branches, stress 65) in Hempstead, AR; Diamond Bank (1 branch, stress 67) in Hempstead, AR; Bank Ozk (1 branch, stress 41) in Hempstead, AR.

HUD lists 2 assisted multifamily properties in Hempstead County, AR with 89 units; 82 Hempstead, AR units are assisted, 2 Hempstead, AR properties under project-based Section 8.

2,163 of the 9,642 housing units in Hempstead, AR sit vacant.