ZIP 71055 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Webster County, Louisiana, ZIP 71055 scores 18 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural risk reads 35/100 against active distress of 6/100. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (83/100). Its standout signals are institutional ownership (46/100), structural risk (35/100), mortgage stress (21/100). By contrast, structural risk (35/100) and mortgage stress (21/100) register low.

The market reads neutral — home values rose 4.4% year on year, and 16% higher over three years, at 32/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 17,406 people live here, median age 41. The tenure split is 64% owner-occupied to 36% rented. A median home runs $127,000 here, or 3.5 times local income. Roughly 30.2% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Vacancy runs 16.7%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. There are about 9,025 housing units across 71055. Rent burden reaches 70% of tenant households. On demographic stress specifically, 71055 scores 41/100. Households earn a median $33,919 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. About 13% have a four-year degree.

Net-net, 71055 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.