ZIP 72031 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Van Buren County, Arkansas, ZIP 72031 scores 27 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. The latent-versus-live split is 63/100 structural and 7/100 already moving. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (63/100), institutional ownership (57/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (25/100).

The peak-phase market in 72031 posted values that rose 2.8% over the year, and 20% higher over three years (phase confidence 36/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

On demographic stress specifically, 72031 scores 31/100. The ZIP holds roughly 3,763 housing units. The tenure split is 73% owner-occupied to 27% rented. Around 32% of renters are cost-burdened. Roughly 21.1% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. About 16% have a four-year degree. Households earn a median $43,967 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Population is roughly 7,108 with a median age of 45. A median home runs $127,700 here, or 2.8 times local income. The vacancy rate is 24.9% — elevated.

On the whole, 72031 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.