ZIP 71424 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Rapides County, Louisiana, ZIP 71424 scores 31 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (83/100), climate & FEMA risk (82/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (77/100). Its standout signals are structural risk (69/100), institutional ownership (62/100), construction/permit lag (49/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (25/100) register low. Structural exposure scores 69 and live distress 7 on the 0–100 scale.

The market reads contraction — home values held roughly flat year on year, 3.5% off the recent peak, at 35/100 phase confidence. A cooling market tends to open discount-to-value windows.

A median home runs $115,300 here, or 2.0 times local income. There are about 529 housing units across 71424. Vacancy runs 5.5%. Households earn a median $63,068 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Roughly 2.1% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. About 21% have a four-year degree. About 1,401 people live here, median age 34. On demographic stress specifically, 71424 scores 16/100. The tenure split is 93% owner-occupied to 7% rented. Rent burden reaches 0% of tenant households.

Net-net, 71424 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.