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

Howard County, AR, Arkansas: 9 ZIP codes scored, Howard County, AR averaging 19/100 (low, Howard, AR), from 11 to 26. Howard County, AR is in its peak phase (Howard, AR confidence 24/100): Howard, AR home prices up 3.3% (Howard, AR) over twelve months. Howard County, AR lender headwind: 64/100.

Highest-scoring Howard County, AR ZIPs: 71838 (26/100), 71859 (26/100), 71831 (24/100), 71833 (24/100), 71852 (23/100), 71851 (13/100). Also scored in Howard County, AR: 71973, 71971, 71959.

Across Howard County, AR's scored ZIPs: median home value $142,088, household income $47,715, 26.1% vacancy, 16.3% poverty, 82% owner-occupied, median age 49.1.

Howard County, AR insurance distress 25/100 (#1,893 in the US); FEMA hazard 50/100 for Howard, AR; 6 federal disaster declarations in Howard County, AR since 2023; Howard, AR construction distress 49/100.

3 banks with 7 branches lend in Howard County, AR; Howard, AR weighted bank stress 68/100, highest 71/100 in Howard, AR.

Howard County, AR unemployment 4.7% (Howard, AR -0.8 pts, six months); Howard, AR home prices +5.5% a year (Howard, AR) over three years.

6,173 housing units in Howard County, AR; 1,489 Howard, AR renter households; 46% of Howard, AR renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 18% (Howard, AR) half or more.

Howard County, AR ranks #106 nationally on the opportunity index (Howard, AR, among all ranked counties); Howard, AR scores 37.2/100 and Howard, AR sits #7 inside Arkansas. Howard, AR is in the overheated opportunity phase; Howard, AR's primary driver is vacancy, Howard, AR second driver construction; Howard, AR moved down 86 places. 4 days on market observed in Howard, AR; 17.6% vacancy over 9 Howard, AR ZIPs.

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

Howard County, AR has 3 watched banks; 3 Howard, AR banks sit in an elevated band. Howard, AR footprints: Diamond Bank (3 branches, stress 67) in Howard, AR; First State Bank Of Dequeen (2 branches, stress 71) in Howard, AR; Farmers Bank&Trust Co (2 branches, stress 65) in Howard, AR.

1,075 of the 6,173 housing units in Howard, AR sit vacant.