ZIP 72553 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Independence County, Arkansas, ZIP 72553 scores 21 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. The latent-versus-live split is 45/100 structural and 6/100 already moving. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (73/100), climate & FEMA risk (68/100). Its standout signals are structural risk (45/100), institutional ownership (44/100), mortgage stress (20/100). mortgage stress (20/100) stay muted.

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.6% year on year, at 22/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Vacancy runs 0.0%. 55% of housing is owner-occupied. On demographic stress specifically, 72553 scores 34/100. About 0% have a four-year degree. The ZIP holds roughly 48 housing units. Around 20% of renters are cost-burdened. Population is roughly 83 with a median age of 26. Median household income is $29,375, below the U.S. median near $78,000. The typical home is worth about $142,000. The poverty rate is 26.5% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate.

Taken together, 72553 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Parcel-level detail for 72553 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 72553's 21/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Independence County, Arkansas or any ZIP coast to coast. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 72553 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

Behind 72553's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. For a buyer, 72553 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.