ZIP 71653 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

DLRadar grades ZIP 71653 (Chicot County, Arkansas) at a low 26/100 for overall property distress. Structurally it carries 61/100, against 6/100 of stress already in motion. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (84/100). Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (61/100), institutional ownership (41/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (21/100) register low.

The peak-phase market in 71653 posted values that rose 3.3% over the year, and 2% higher over three years (phase confidence 24/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

The ZIP holds roughly 2,510 housing units. The tenure split is 68% owner-occupied to 32% rented. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 30/100. Around 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The typical home is worth about $153,400 (2.4× income, relatively affordable). At $61,375, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Vacancy runs 25.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Roughly 16.0% live below the poverty line. About 4,765 people live here, median age 39. Around 35% of renters are cost-burdened.

On the whole, 71653 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Parcel-level detail for 71653 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

The 71653 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 26/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 71653 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Chicot County, Arkansas. Sparse data for 71653 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

71653'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. For a buyer, 71653 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.