ZIP 71462 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 71462 in Sabine County, Louisiana carries a composite property-distress score of 24/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural risk reads 51/100 against active distress of 9/100. Its standout signals are institutional ownership (64/100), construction/permit lag (59/100), structural risk (51/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (30/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (78/100).

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

Population is roughly 1,562 with a median age of 42. The ZIP holds roughly 1,028 housing units. On demographic stress specifically, 71462 scores 30/100. The vacancy rate is 38.0% — elevated. A median home runs $78,600 here, or 1.6 times local income. Median household income is $47,917, below the U.S. median near $78,000. The poverty rate is 23.7% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Around 6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Owners hold 82% of homes, renters 18%. Around 32% of renters are cost-burdened.

Taken together, 71462 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. While 71462 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

The number is not local guesswork: 71462's 24/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. 71462 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

Each component behind 71462 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 24/100 roll-up. The point of the 71462 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.