ZIP 72562 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 72562 in Independence County, Arkansas carries a composite property-distress score of 22/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (74/100), climate & FEMA risk (68/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100)). What sets it apart are the readings on institutional ownership (51/100), structural risk (48/100), mortgage stress (20/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (20/100). Structural risk reads 48/100 against active distress of 6/100.

The peak-phase market in 72562 posted values that rose 4.0% over the year, at 25/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

A median home runs $144,600 here, or 2.3 times local income. Households earn a median $44,750 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Vacancy runs 10.6%. There are about 1,175 housing units across 72562. Population is roughly 2,626 with a median age of 38. Rent burden reaches 29% of tenant households. The tenure split is 65% owner-occupied to 35% rented. On demographic stress specifically, 72562 scores 30/100. Roughly 18.8% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. About 8% have a four-year degree.

On balance 72562 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.