ZIP 71497 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Natchitoches County, Louisiana, ZIP 71497 scores 32 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural exposure scores 72 and live distress 0 on the 0–100 scale. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (72/100), institutional ownership (62/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (83/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (71/100)).

The neutral-phase market in 71497 posted values that rose 4.0% over the year, at 28/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 78/100. Population is roughly 1,729 with a median age of 20. At $2,499, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Rent burden reaches 90% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 48.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. There are about 441 housing units across 71497. Around 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The poverty rate is 95.3% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. 4% of housing is owner-occupied.

On the whole, 71497 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.