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

Jefferson County, AR, Arkansas: 19 ZIP codes scored, Jefferson County, AR averaging 24/100 (low, Jefferson, AR), from 12 to 29. Jefferson County, AR is in its peak phase (Jefferson, AR confidence 22/100): Jefferson, AR home prices up 2.6% (Jefferson, AR) over twelve months. Jefferson County, AR lender headwind: 53/100.

Highest-scoring Jefferson County, AR ZIPs: 72046 (29/100), 71601 (27/100), 71659 (27/100), 72004 (27/100), 72133 (27/100), 72152 (27/100). Also scored in Jefferson County, AR: 72168, 72175, 72182, 71602, 71603, 72072, 72079, 72132, 72160, 72073.

Across Jefferson County, AR's scored ZIPs: median home value $123,600, household income $54,415, 24.8% vacancy, 23.9% poverty, 71% owner-occupied, median age 45.2.

Jefferson County, AR insurance distress 60/100 (#893 in the US); FEMA hazard 50/100 for Jefferson, AR; 6 federal disaster declarations in Jefferson County, AR since 2023; 4 Jefferson, AR NFIP flood claims, $117K paid; Jefferson, AR construction distress 44/100.

7 banks with 23 branches lend in Jefferson County, AR; Jefferson, AR weighted bank stress 54/100, highest 73/100 in Jefferson, AR.

Jefferson County, AR unemployment 5.5% (Jefferson, AR -1.3 pts, six months); 61 new housing units permitted in Jefferson County, AR over twelve months, Jefferson, AR up 5% from 58; Jefferson, AR home prices +7.1% a year (Jefferson, AR) over three years.

30,679 housing units in Jefferson County, AR; 8,952 Jefferson, AR renter households; 42% of Jefferson, AR renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 18% (Jefferson, AR) half or more.

Jefferson County, AR ranks #545 nationally on the opportunity index (Jefferson, AR, among all ranked counties); Jefferson, AR scores 33.2/100 and Jefferson, AR sits #32 inside Arkansas. Jefferson, AR is in the peak_opportunity opportunity phase; Jefferson, AR's primary driver is vacancy, Jefferson, AR second driver bank institutional; Jefferson, AR moved up 321 places. 9 short-sale listings across Jefferson, AR; 111 days on market observed in Jefferson, AR; 20.8% vacancy over 19 Jefferson, AR ZIPs.

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

Jefferson County, AR has 5 watched banks; 5 Jefferson, AR banks sit in an elevated band. Jefferson, AR footprints: Simmons Bank (8 branches, stress 56) in Jefferson, AR; Relyance Bank (7 branches, stress 54) in Jefferson, AR; Connect Bank (3 branches, stress 37) in Jefferson, AR.

HUD lists 10 assisted multifamily properties in Jefferson County, AR with 718 units; 224 Jefferson, AR units are assisted, 1 Jefferson, AR properties under project-based Section 8.

6,662 of the 30,679 housing units in Jefferson, AR sit vacant. Jefferson County, AR permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Jefferson, AR's one-to-four unit structures added 61 units in Jefferson County, AR.