ZIP 71280 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Union County, Louisiana, ZIP 71280 scores 21 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (83/100). Its standout signals are institutional ownership (51/100), structural risk (44/100), construction/permit lag (23/100). By contrast, construction/permit lag (23/100) and mortgage stress (21/100) register low. Structural exposure scores 44 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 8.0% year on year, and 31% higher over three years, at 94/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

The tenure split is 72% owner-occupied to 28% rented. A median home runs $248,900 here, or 3.4 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 71280 scores 29/100. Vacancy runs 13.1%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. There are about 2,389 housing units across 71280. Rent burden reaches 23% of tenant households. About 25% have a four-year degree. Households earn a median $75,768 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. About 4,999 people live here, median age 40. Roughly 17.2% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory.

Net-net, 71280 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.