Van Buren County, AR: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties
Van Buren County, AR, Arkansas: 14 ZIP codes scored, Van Buren County, AR averaging 26/100 (low, Van Buren, AR), from 19 to 30. Van Buren County, AR is in its peak phase (Van Buren, AR confidence 24/100): Van Buren, AR home prices up 3.3% (Van Buren, AR) over twelve months. Van Buren County, AR lender headwind: 43/100.
Highest-scoring Van Buren County, AR ZIPs: 72039 (30/100), 72131 (30/100), 72067 (28/100), 72028 (27/100), 72088 (27/100), 72141 (27/100). Also scored in Van Buren County, AR: 72629, 72013, 72031, 72153, 72645, 72080, 72030, 72679.
Across Van Buren County, AR's scored ZIPs: median home value $142,675, household income $47,601, 26.5% vacancy, 25.4% poverty, 78% owner-occupied, median age 49.5.
Van Buren County, AR insurance distress 51/100 (#1,067 in the US); FEMA hazard 50/100 for Van Buren, AR; 6 federal disaster declarations in Van Buren County, AR since 2023; 1 Van Buren, AR NFIP flood claims, $5K paid; Van Buren, AR construction distress 95/100.
7 banks with 7 branches lend in Van Buren County, AR; Van Buren, AR weighted bank stress 56/100, highest 78/100 in Van Buren, AR.
Van Buren County, AR unemployment 4.7% (Van Buren, AR -0.7 pts, six months); 3 new housing units permitted in Van Buren County, AR over twelve months, Van Buren, AR down 50% from 6; Van Buren, AR home prices +7.8% a year (Van Buren, AR) over three years.
9,725 housing units in Van Buren County, AR; 1,564 Van Buren, AR renter households; 45% of Van Buren, AR renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 20% (Van Buren, AR) half or more.
Van Buren County, AR ranks #8 nationally on the opportunity index (Van Buren, AR, among all ranked counties); Van Buren, AR scores 43.0/100 and Van Buren, AR sits #2 inside Arkansas. Van Buren, AR is in the strong_buy opportunity phase; Van Buren, AR's primary driver is vacancy, Van Buren, AR second driver construction; Van Buren, AR moved up 14 places. 15 short-sale listings across Van Buren, AR; 60 days on market observed in Van Buren, AR; 25.8% vacancy over 14 Van Buren, AR ZIPs.
No CFPB county sample covers Van Buren County, AR. The non-metro area reading for Van Buren, AR: 1.5% ninety-plus days late; Van Buren, AR's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 3.0% (Van Buren, AR, December 2025 data); Arkansas overall 1.3%.
Van Buren County, AR has 6 watched banks; 6 Van Buren, AR banks sit in an elevated band. Van Buren, AR footprints: First Service Bank (1 branch, stress 78) in Van Buren, AR; First Arkansas Bank&Trust (1 branch, stress 60) in Van Buren, AR; Eagle Bank&Trust Co (1 branch, stress 58) in Van Buren, AR.
HUD lists 2 assisted multifamily properties in Van Buren County, AR with 106 units; 106 Van Buren, AR units are assisted, 1 Van Buren, AR properties under project-based Section 8.
2,293 of the 9,725 housing units in Van Buren, AR sit vacant. Van Buren County, AR permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Van Buren, AR's one-to-four unit structures added 3 units in Van Buren County, AR.