ZIP 71302 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Rapides County, Louisiana's ZIP 71302 registers 32/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (70/100), institutional ownership (63/100), construction/permit lag (50/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (25/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (85/100), climate & FEMA risk (82/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (79/100). The latent-versus-live split is 70/100 structural and 7/100 already moving.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.2% over the trailing year, and 0% lower over three years (phase confidence 15/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Median household income is $36,210, below the U.S. median near $78,000. 56% of housing is owner-occupied. Roughly 30.8% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. The vacancy rate is 18.3% — elevated. Around 55% of renters are cost-burdened. There are about 6,484 housing units across 71302. Educational attainment sits at 13% bachelor's-or-above. 14,128 residents call 71302 home, typically aged 35. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 39/100. A median home runs $110,000 here, or 2.9 times local income.

Taken together, 71302 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Parcel-level detail for 71302 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.

Big metro or rural, 71302 runs through one identical scoring model, so its 32/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Rapides County, Louisiana and the nation. Where the record is thin for 71302, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

71302's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. Treat 71302 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.