ZIP 72837 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Composite property distress in 72837 (Pope County, Arkansas) lands at 21/100 — low on DLRadar's distress scoring. Its heaviest discrete signals: construction/permit lag (55/100), structural risk (46/100), institutional ownership (22/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (22/100) and mortgage stress (12/100). Structurally it carries 46/100, against 4/100 of stress already in motion. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (78/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.6% year on year, and 9% higher over three years (phase confidence 22/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

At $47,250, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. There are about 3,967 housing units across 72837. The poverty rate is 14.6%. The tenure split is 83% owner-occupied to 17% rented. Home values center near $158,400, an affordability ratio of 2.6× — accessible. Around 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Population is roughly 8,498 with a median age of 42. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 27/100. Around 26% of renters are cost-burdened. The vacancy rate is 13.0% — elevated.

Taken together, 72837 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. No parcel file is published for 72837 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 72837's 21/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Pope County, Arkansas or any ZIP coast to coast. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 72837, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

72837's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. Practically, 72837 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.