ZIP 72949 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 distress scale, ZIP 72949 in Franklin County, Arkansas comes in at 13, a minimal composite-distress reading. On the structural side it scores 26/100, with 4/100 of stress already active. The pressure is most legible in structural risk (26/100), institutional ownership (22/100), construction/permit lag (20/100). On the quiet end sit construction/permit lag (20/100) and mortgage stress (12/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 3.3% year on year, and 28% higher over three years (phase confidence 24/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

At $53,867, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Home values center near $132,600, an affordability ratio of 2.2× — accessible. 72% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 23% of renters are cost-burdened. The ZIP holds roughly 4,210 housing units. Educational attainment sits at 10% bachelor's-or-above. Vacancy runs 11.6%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. On demographic stress specifically, 72949 scores 27/100. Roughly 14.5% live below the poverty line. About 9,474 people live here, median age 44.

Net-net, 72949 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. No parcel file is published for 72949 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

Whether 72949 runs hot or quiet, its 13/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 72949 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Franklin County, Arkansas or nationwide. Where the record is thin for 72949, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

72949's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. The point of the 72949 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.