Guernsey County, OH: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Guernsey County, OH, Ohio: 20 ZIP codes scored, Guernsey County, OH averaging 16/100 (low, Guernsey, OH), from 10 to 25. Guernsey County, OH is in its peak phase (Guernsey, OH confidence 28/100): Guernsey, OH home prices up 3.9% (Guernsey, OH) over twelve months. Guernsey County, OH lender headwind: 49/100.

Highest-scoring Guernsey County, OH ZIPs: 43762 (25/100), 43837 (20/100), 43832 (19/100), 43732 (17/100), 43983 (17/100), 43722 (15/100). Also scored in Guernsey County, OH: 43723, 43725, 43733, 43736, 43750, 43755, 43768, 43778, 43749, 43780.

Across Guernsey County, OH's scored ZIPs: median home value $155,761, household income $56,748, 17.2% vacancy, 16.5% poverty, 79% owner-occupied, median age 37.7.

Guernsey County, OH insurance distress 24/100 (#1,992 in the US); FEMA hazard 0/100 for Guernsey, OH; 4 Guernsey, OH NFIP flood claims, $64K paid; Guernsey, OH construction distress 45/100.

8 banks with 10 branches lend in Guernsey County, OH; Guernsey, OH weighted bank stress 60/100, highest 78/100 in Guernsey, OH.

Guernsey County, OH unemployment 3.8% (Guernsey, OH -2.5 pts, six months); 44 new housing units permitted in Guernsey County, OH over twelve months, Guernsey, OH up 7% from 41; Guernsey, OH home prices +5.7% a year (Guernsey, OH) over three years.

19,037 housing units in Guernsey County, OH; 4,608 Guernsey, OH renter households; 43% of Guernsey, OH renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 21% (Guernsey, OH) half or more.

Guernsey County, OH ranks #1,746 nationally on the opportunity index (Guernsey, OH, among all ranked counties); Guernsey, OH scores 28.6/100 and Guernsey, OH sits #19 inside Ohio. Guernsey, OH is in the early_signal opportunity phase; Guernsey, OH's primary driver is vacancy, Guernsey, OH second driver bank institutional; Guernsey, OH moved up 86 places. 9 short-sale listings across Guernsey, OH; 81 days on market observed in Guernsey, OH; 13.4% vacancy over 20 Guernsey, OH ZIPs.

No CFPB county sample covers Guernsey County, OH. The non-metro area reading for Guernsey, OH: 1.4% ninety-plus days late; Guernsey, OH's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 3.4% (Guernsey, OH, December 2025 data); Ohio overall 1.0%.

Guernsey County, OH has 5 watched banks; 5 Guernsey, OH banks sit in an elevated band. Guernsey, OH footprints: Peoples Bank (3 branches, stress 55) in Guernsey, OH; Citizens Nb Of Woodsfield (1 branch, stress 78) in Guernsey, OH; U S Bank National Assn (1 branch, stress 67) in Guernsey, OH.

HUD lists 3 assisted multifamily properties in Guernsey County, OH with 165 units; 125 Guernsey, OH units are assisted, 2 Guernsey, OH properties under project-based Section 8.

2,719 of the 19,037 housing units in Guernsey, OH sit vacant. Guernsey County, OH permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Guernsey, OH's one-to-four unit structures added 44 units in Guernsey County, OH.