ZIP 71202 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Composite property distress in 71202 (Ouachita County, Louisiana) lands at 32/100 — moderate on DLRadar's distress scoring. Structural risk reads 70/100 against active distress of 8/100. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (92/100), climate & FEMA risk (86/100), FEMA disaster exposure (85/100). The pressure is most legible in structural risk (70/100), institutional ownership (67/100), construction/permit lag (34/100). On the quiet end sit construction/permit lag (34/100) and mortgage stress (26/100).

The recovery-phase market in 71202 posted values that rose 2.4% over the year, 1.7% off the recent peak, and 24% higher over three years, at 20/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

The typical home is worth about $83,600 (2.9× income, relatively affordable). DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 45/100. 26,791 residents call 71202 home, typically aged 35. The vacancy rate is 20.4% — elevated. About 11% have a four-year degree. Median household income is $26,883, below the U.S. median near $78,000. The tenure split is 44% owner-occupied to 56% rented. The poverty rate is 50.5% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. The ZIP holds roughly 11,036 housing units. Rent burden reaches 59% of tenant households.

Taken together, 71202 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. While 71202 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

No ZIP is too small to score: 71202 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 32/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 71202 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

The 32/100 for 71202 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. For a buyer, 71202 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.