ZIP 72856 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Newton County, Arkansas, ZIP 72856 scores 16 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural risk reads 34/100 against active distress of 5/100. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (48/100), institutional ownership (37/100), structural risk (34/100). On the quiet end sit structural risk (34/100) and mortgage stress (16/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (69/100)).

The peak-phase market in 72856 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.

Population is roughly 498 with a median age of 52. The tenure split is 81% owner-occupied to 19% rented. Vacancy runs 30.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. On demographic stress specifically, 72856 scores 31/100. A median home runs $255,500 here, or 3.1 times local income. Households earn a median $70,662 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. There are about 254 housing units across 72856. About 3% have a four-year degree. Rent burden reaches 0% of tenant households. Roughly 32.9% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory.

On the whole, 72856 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.