ZIP 71040 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Claiborne County, Louisiana's ZIP 71040 registers 18/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (78/100)). Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (50/100), institutional ownership (43/100), structural risk (39/100). On the quiet end sit structural risk (39/100) and mortgage stress (21/100). Structural exposure scores 39 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale.

The contraction-phase market in 71040 posted values that held roughly flat over the year, 2.3% off the recent peak, and 4% lower over three years, at 36/100 phase confidence. Falling values surface more motivated sellers and below-market exits.

7,705 residents call 71040 home, typically aged 40. At $31,962, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Home values center near $79,600, an affordability ratio of 2.4× — accessible. The vacancy rate is 30.5% — elevated. On demographic stress specifically, 71040 scores 41/100. The ZIP holds roughly 3,497 housing units. 70% of housing is owner-occupied. Roughly 34.6% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Around 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Rent burden reaches 73% of tenant households.

On the whole, 71040 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. No parcel file is published for 71040 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

The number is not local guesswork: 71040's 18/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 71040 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

The 18/100 figure for 71040 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. Treat 71040 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.