ZIP 72440 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 72440 in Lawrence County, Arkansas carries a composite property-distress score of 29/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (81/100), FEMA disaster exposure (79/100), climate & FEMA risk (63/100). On the structural side it scores 65/100, with 7/100 of stress already active. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (65/100), institutional ownership (60/100), construction/permit lag (58/100). mortgage stress (24/100) stay muted.

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 demographic-stress sub-score lands at 23/100. The poverty rate is 7.2% — low. 166 residents call 72440 home, typically aged 60. Around 20% of renters are cost-burdened. The vacancy rate is 21.8% — elevated. Around 5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 87% of housing is owner-occupied. The typical home is worth about $95,000 (1.9× income, relatively affordable). At $46,944, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The ZIP holds roughly 157 housing units.

Taken together, 72440 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.