ZIP 72479 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 72479 (Poinsett County, Arkansas) at a low 26/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (57/100), institutional ownership (55/100), construction/permit lag (29/100). construction/permit lag (29/100) and mortgage stress (22/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (73/100), climate & FEMA risk (70/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (70/100). The latent-versus-live split is 57/100 structural and 7/100 already moving.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.4% over the trailing year, 2.1% off the recent peak (phase confidence 24/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

At $53,000, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The vacancy rate is 37.0% — elevated. Around 15% of renters are cost-burdened. Around 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 79% of housing is owner-occupied. The typical home is worth about $89,400 (1.6× income, relatively affordable). The poverty rate is 14.2%. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 25/100. The ZIP holds roughly 669 housing units. 1,017 residents call 72479 home, typically aged 34.

Taken together, 72479 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.