ZIP 71842 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Sevier County, Arkansas, ZIP 71842 scores 30 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (67/100), FEMA disaster exposure (65/100). Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (68/100), institutional ownership (50/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (22/100) register low. The latent-versus-live split is 68/100 structural and 7/100 already moving.

The market reads peak — home values rose 3.3% year on year, at 24/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

The ZIP holds roughly 924 housing units. The poverty rate is 8.3%. The vacancy rate is 22.1% — elevated. On demographic stress specifically, 71842 scores 28/100. Home values center near $175,500, an affordability ratio of 2.8× — accessible. Around 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Population is roughly 2,018 with a median age of 43. Rent burden reaches 27% of tenant households. 80% of housing is owner-occupied. Households earn a median $56,543 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure.

On the whole, 71842 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. While 71842 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

The number is not local guesswork: 71842's 30/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Where the public record is thin for 71842, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

The 30/100 figure for 71842 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. For an operator, 71842 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.