ZIP 71838 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 71838 in Hempstead County, Arkansas carries a composite property-distress score of 19/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on institutional ownership (53/100), structural risk (42/100), mortgage stress (23/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (23/100) register low. The latent-versus-live split is 42/100 structural and 7/100 already moving. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (73/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (62/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.7% year on year (phase confidence 37/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

The tenure split is 91% owner-occupied to 9% rented. Around 58% of renters are cost-burdened. Roughly 13.5% live below the poverty line. The vacancy rate is 26.9% — elevated. Households earn a median $39,583 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. A median home runs $112,300 here, or 2.6 times local income. The ZIP holds roughly 696 housing units. On demographic stress specifically, 71838 scores 32/100. About 5% have a four-year degree. About 1,244 people live here, median age 56.

Net-net, 71838 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.