ZIP 72461 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 72461 (Clay County, Arkansas) lands at 32/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (75/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (74/100), climate & FEMA risk (69/100). The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (83/100), structural risk (71/100), institutional ownership (57/100). mortgage stress (23/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 71 and live distress 7 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.0% over the trailing year, at 34/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

There are about 1,868 housing units across 72461. 73% of housing is owner-occupied. Vacancy runs 16.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. At $54,194, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 15.1%. Around 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 3,684 residents call 72461 home, typically aged 41. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 25/100. The typical home is worth about $99,300 (1.8× income, relatively affordable). Rent burden reaches 24% of tenant households.

Taken together, 72461 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.