ZIP 71852 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 public-record scale, ZIP 71852 in Howard County, Arkansas comes in at 23, a low composite-distress reading. Structural exposure scores 52 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale. Its heaviest discrete signals: construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (52/100), institutional ownership (45/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (21/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.3% over the trailing year, and 31% higher over three years (phase confidence 24/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Median household income is $49,971, below the U.S. median near $78,000. The vacancy rate is 14.3% — elevated. 70% of housing is owner-occupied. Educational attainment sits at 19% bachelor's-or-above. There are about 4,369 housing units across 71852. The typical home is worth about $174,500 (3.1× income, relatively affordable). Around 38% of renters are cost-burdened. On demographic stress specifically, 71852 scores 32/100. Roughly 18.1% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. 10,088 residents call 71852 home, typically aged 38.

Taken together, 71852 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. While 71852 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

Whether 71852 runs hot or quiet, its 23/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 71852 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Howard County, Arkansas or nationwide. 71852 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

71852's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. In workflow terms, 71852 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.