ZIP 72421 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Craighead County, Arkansas's ZIP 72421 registers 31/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. Structural exposure scores 69 and live distress 7 on the 0–100 scale. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (89/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (79/100), FEMA disaster exposure (73/100)). The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (69/100), institutional ownership (57/100), construction/permit lag (48/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (22/100).

The peak-phase market in 72421 posted values that rose 2.4% over the year, 2.3% off the recent peak, at 23/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

The tenure split is 57% owner-occupied to 43% rented. A median home runs $90,000 here, or 2.0 times local income. Roughly 32.4% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Rent burden reaches 43% of tenant households. Population is roughly 688 with a median age of 36. About 10% have a four-year degree. Vacancy runs 20.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. There are about 266 housing units across 72421. On demographic stress specifically, 72421 scores 36/100. Households earn a median $38,578 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure.

On the whole, 72421 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.