Mathews County, VA: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Every ZIP in Mathews County, Virginia carries a DLRadar distress score assembled from foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender records. There are 15 scored ZIPs in the county (mean composite 13/100). On bank and credit headwind, Mathews County scores 78/100, a stressed reading. ZIP-level distress ranges from 13/100 at the top down to 10/100.

In its peak phase, Mathews County home prices rose 3.4% across the last year, a 30/100-confidence read. On a market plateau, the opportunity narrows as the ZIP scores below show.

Near the cycle top at +3.4% YoY (30/100 confidence), the wins are surgical — target the few ZIPs carrying distress. Bank stress at 78/100 is a buyer tailwind: expect more lender-driven inventory soon.

Top distress by ZIP runs 23021 (13/100), 23025 (13/100), 23035 (13/100), 23045 (13/100), 23056 (13/100), 23066 (13/100), listed with every scored ZIP below. Coverage extends to 23068, 23076, 23109, 23119, 23130, 23138, 23163, 23050, 23128 among others.

On the housing-and-income side, the Mathews County ZIPs on file show median home values around $362,017 (near the national figure), a median age of 57.3, 87% owner-occupancy, a 7.8% poverty rate, vacancy near 33.9%, incomes around $74,603. Taken together, they shape the volume of pressured sellers and the exit liquidity behind them.

All in at 13/100 over 15 ZIPs, the edge is selective acquisition — work it parcel by parcel. Inside DLRadar, each Mathews County property carries owner, mailing address, APN, a distress score plus a funding-to-closing path.

The distress read for Mathews County, Virginia is refreshed as new public records post and uses the same methodology coast to coast, so Mathews County stays directly comparable to any other market you track.

For an acquisition buyer, the practical use of Mathews County, Virginia's scores is triage: the ZIPs and parcels carrying the highest composite are where motivated sellers and below-market exits concentrate, while lower-scored areas rarely justify the marketing spend. The Mathews County figures are auditable line by line — county recorders and courts, FHFA price data, FDIC bank filings — with gaps left visible rather than filled by estimate.

The ZIP breakdown for Mathews County leads with 23021 (13/100), 23025 (13/100), 23035 (13/100), 23045 (13/100), 23056 (13/100), 23066 (13/100). DLRadar also scores 23068, 23076, 23109, 23119, 23130, 23138, 23163, 23050 and more across the county. Because each ZIP is graded on its own foreclosure, tax and lender record, the county's distress is best read code by code rather than as a single number.

The Mathews County score is not a single measure but a composite: foreclosure activity, mortgage and tax-lien stress, and local lender headwind each feed it, which is why understanding the components matters as much as the headline number.