ZIP 71028 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Bienville County, Louisiana, ZIP 71028 scores 18 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural exposure scores 38 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (83/100). Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (56/100), institutional ownership (45/100), structural risk (38/100). By contrast, structural risk (38/100) and mortgage stress (20/100) register low.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 7.3% year on year, at 61/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 1,585 people live here, median age 41. A median home runs $93,600 here, or 2.6 times local income. Roughly 36.7% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Vacancy runs 24.1%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. There are about 801 housing units across 71028. Households earn a median $35,240 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The tenure split is 68% owner-occupied to 32% rented. On demographic stress specifically, 71028 scores 36/100. About 12% have a four-year degree. Rent burden reaches 37% of tenant households.

Net-net, 71028 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.