ZIP 71838 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP 71838's composite property-distress score is 27/100 - DLRadar classes that as low for Hempstead County, Arkansas. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (84/100), structural risk (61/100), institutional ownership (49/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (23/100) register low. The latent-versus-live split is 61/100 structural and 7/100 already moving. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (65/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (61/100).

The peak-phase market in 71838 posted values that rose 3.4% over the year (phase confidence 24/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Owners hold 91% of homes, renters 9%. Around 58% of renters are cost-burdened. 13.5% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. The vacancy rate is 26.9% — elevated. Households earn a median $39,583 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Home values center near $112,300, an affordability ratio of 2.6× — accessible. There are about 696 housing units across 71838. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 32/100. About 5% have a four-year degree. 1,244 residents call 71838 home, typically aged 56.

On the whole, 71838 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. 71838 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

Big metro or rural, 71838 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 27/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Hempstead County, Arkansas and the nation. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed on ingest; 71838 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.

71838'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. Practically, 71838 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.