ZIP 71851 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 71851 in Howard County, Arkansas carries a composite property-distress score of 24/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (53/100), institutional ownership (52/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (22/100). Structural risk reads 53/100 against active distress of 7/100.

The peak-phase market in 71851 posted values that rose 2.8% over the year, at 36/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Population is roughly 1,822 with a median age of 42. Vacancy runs 26.5%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The typical home is worth about $115,500 (1.9× income, relatively affordable). There are about 1,061 housing units across 71851. At $61,250, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Around 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 75% of housing is owner-occupied. The poverty rate is 10.6%. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 27/100. Rent burden reaches 32% of tenant households.

On the whole, 71851 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.