ZIP 71602 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 distress scale, ZIP 71602 in Jefferson County, Arkansas comes in at 25, a low composite-distress reading. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (74/100), climate & FEMA risk (71/100)). The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (55/100), construction/permit lag (45/100), institutional ownership (38/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (38/100) and mortgage stress (20/100) register low. On the structural side it scores 55/100, with 6/100 of stress already active.

The peak-phase market in 71602 posted values that rose 2.6% over the year, and 13% higher over three years (phase confidence 20/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

The tenure split is 62% owner-occupied to 38% rented. There are about 7,726 housing units across 71602. Households earn a median $54,936 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Rent burden reaches 28% of tenant households. 15,922 residents call 71602 home, typically aged 40. Vacancy runs 20.0%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 30/100. Around 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The typical home is worth about $157,100 (2.5× income, relatively affordable). 21.0% of residents fall below the poverty threshold.

Taken together, 71602 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. While 71602 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 71602's 25/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Jefferson County, Arkansas or any ZIP coast to coast. Where the record is thin for 71602, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

Each component behind 71602 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 25/100 roll-up. For a buyer, 71602 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.