ZIP 72431 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 72431 in Jackson County, Arkansas carries a composite property-distress score of 31/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (81/100), structural risk (70/100), institutional ownership (61/100). The latent-versus-live split is 70/100 structural and 0/100 already moving. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (79/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (77/100), climate & FEMA risk (62/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.8% over the trailing year (phase confidence 36/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The poverty rate is 13.5%. Around 58% of renters are cost-burdened. 363 residents call 72431 home, typically aged 63. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 37/100. The vacancy rate is 19.4% — elevated. 79% of housing is owner-occupied. The ZIP holds roughly 200 housing units. At $75,625, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. Around 6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Taken together, 72431 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.