ZIP 72740 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 72740 (Madison County, Arkansas) lands at 21/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (64/100). The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (73/100), structural risk (45/100), institutional ownership (35/100). institutional ownership (35/100) and mortgage stress (16/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 45 and live distress 5 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 4.2% over the trailing year, and 16% higher over three years, at 23/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Vacancy runs 18.6%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. 80% of housing is owner-occupied. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 30/100. Around 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The typical home is worth about $194,900 (3.0× income, relatively affordable). The poverty rate is 15.4%. 10,226 residents call 72740 home, typically aged 40. There are about 4,410 housing units across 72740. At $55,500, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Rent burden reaches 27% of tenant households.

Taken together, 72740 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.