ZIP 71226 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 distress scale, ZIP 71226 in Jackson County, Louisiana comes in at 12, a minimal composite-distress reading. Structurally it carries 24/100, against 6/100 of stress already in motion. Property-level stress concentrates in institutional ownership (46/100), structural risk (24/100), mortgage stress (20/100). structural risk (24/100) and mortgage stress (20/100) stay muted. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (85/100)).

The market reads contraction — home values held roughly flat year on year, 2.3% off the recent peak, and 4% higher over three years (phase confidence 36/100). Softening prices widen the spread between distressed and market value — what acquisition buyers watch for.

About 1,806 people live here, median age 41. Around 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The vacancy rate is 25.3% — elevated. Households earn a median $45,000 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The tenure split is 71% owner-occupied to 29% rented. The ZIP holds roughly 925 housing units. Home values center near $86,100, an affordability ratio of 1.7× — accessible. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 25/100. 6.2% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Around 29% of renters are cost-burdened.

On the whole, 71226 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. There is no property file for 71226 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable records.

Whether 71226 runs hot or quiet, its 12/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 71226 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Jackson County, Louisiana or nationwide. 71226 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

The 12/100 figure for 71226 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. For an operator, 71226 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.