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

Washington County, AR, Arkansas: 20 ZIP codes scored, Washington County, AR averaging 28/100 (low, Washington, AR), from 18 to 31. Washington County, AR is in its peak phase (Washington, AR confidence 23/100): Washington, AR home prices up 3.0% (Washington, AR) over twelve months. Washington County, AR lender headwind: 49/100.

Highest-scoring Washington County, AR ZIPs: 72734 (31/100), 72761 (31/100), 72701 (30/100), 72704 (30/100), 72717 (30/100), 72729 (30/100). Also scored in Washington County, AR: 72730, 72744, 72749, 72753, 72762, 72764, 72769, 72774, 72703, 72948.

Across Washington County, AR's scored ZIPs: median home value $245,833, household income $67,710, 12.8% vacancy, 10.2% poverty, 72% owner-occupied, median age 38.9.

Washington County, AR insurance distress 64/100 (#808 in the US); FEMA hazard 50/100 for Washington, AR; 6 federal disaster declarations in Washington County, AR since 2023; 15 Washington, AR NFIP flood claims, $468K paid; Washington, AR construction distress 49/100.

34 banks with 100 branches lend in Washington County, AR; Washington, AR weighted bank stress 61/100, highest 89/100 in Washington, AR.

Washington County, AR unemployment 2.9% (Washington, AR -0.7 pts, six months); 3,550 new housing units permitted in Washington County, AR over twelve months, Washington, AR up 2% from 3,491; Washington, AR home prices +12.1% a year (Washington, AR) over three years.

105,461 housing units in Washington County, AR; 42,424 Washington, AR renter households; 41% of Washington, AR renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 20% (Washington, AR) half or more.

Washington County, AR ranks #1,586 nationally on the opportunity index (Washington, AR, among all ranked counties); Washington, AR scores 29.1/100 and Washington, AR sits #69 inside Arkansas. Washington, AR is in the early_signal opportunity phase; Washington, AR's primary driver is bank institutional, Washington, AR second driver construction; Washington, AR moved up 605 places. 119 short-sale listings across Washington, AR; 30 days on market observed in Washington, AR; 7.6% vacancy over 20 Washington, AR ZIPs.

0.5% of Washington County, AR mortgages were ninety-plus days late in December 2025; Washington, AR's thirty-to-eighty-nine-day share was 1.4% (CFPB county sample). Washington, AR's ninety-day rate is unchanged on twelve months earlier; the Washington, AR peak since 2008 was 4.1% in October 2009; Arkansas overall reads 1.3%.

Washington County, AR has 22 watched banks; 22 Washington, AR banks sit in an elevated band. Washington, AR footprints: Arvest Bank (19 branches, stress 85) in Washington, AR; First Security Bank (11 branches, stress 39) in Washington, AR; Farmers&Merchants Bank (6 branches, stress 65) in Washington, AR.

HUD lists 9 assisted multifamily properties in Washington County, AR with 941 units; 245 Washington, AR units are assisted, 5 Washington, AR properties under project-based Section 8.

8,277 of the 105,461 housing units in Washington, AR sit vacant. Washington County, AR permitted 1,586 multifamily units in twelve months; Washington, AR's one-to-four unit structures added 1,964 units in Washington County, AR.