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

Mathews County, VA, Virginia: 15 ZIP codes scored, Mathews County, VA averaging 12/100 (minimal, Mathews, VA), from 10 to 12. Mathews County, VA is in its peak phase (Mathews, VA confidence 30/100): Mathews, VA home prices up 3.4% (Mathews, VA) over twelve months. Mathews County, VA lender headwind: 78/100.

Highest-scoring Mathews County, VA ZIPs: 23021 (12/100), 23025 (12/100), 23035 (12/100), 23045 (12/100), 23056 (12/100), 23066 (12/100). Also scored in Mathews County, VA: 23068, 23076, 23109, 23119, 23130, 23138, 23163, 23050, 23128.

Across Mathews County, VA's scored ZIPs: median home value $362,017, household income $74,603, 33.9% vacancy, 7.8% poverty, 87% owner-occupied, median age 57.3.

Mathews County, VA insurance distress 19/100 (#2,346 in the US); FEMA hazard 0/100 for Mathews, VA; 2 federal disaster declarations in Mathews County, VA since 2023; 1 Mathews, VA NFIP flood claims, $12K paid; Mathews, VA construction distress 64/100.

1 bank with 1 branch lend in Mathews County, VA; Mathews, VA weighted bank stress 53/100.

Mathews County, VA unemployment 3.4% (Mathews, VA -0.6 pts, six months); 25 new housing units permitted in Mathews County, VA over twelve months, Mathews, VA down 17% from 30; Mathews, VA home prices +9.4% a year (Mathews, VA) over three years.

5,493 housing units in Mathews County, VA; 542 Mathews, VA renter households; 27% of Mathews, VA renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 12% (Mathews, VA) half or more.

Mathews County, VA ranks #1,590 nationally on the opportunity index (Mathews, VA, among all ranked counties); Mathews, VA scores 29.1/100 and Mathews, VA sits #34 inside Virginia. Mathews, VA is in the early_signal opportunity phase; Mathews, VA's primary driver is vacancy, Mathews, VA second driver construction; Mathews, VA moved down 143 places. 2 short-sale listings across Mathews, VA; 40 days on market observed in Mathews, VA; 27.5% vacancy over 15 Mathews, VA ZIPs.

No CFPB county sample covers Mathews County, VA. The metro area reading for Mathews, VA (Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC): 1.1% ninety-plus days late; Mathews, VA's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 2.3% (Mathews, VA, December 2025 data); Virginia overall 0.8%.

Mathews County, VA has 1 watched bank; 1 Mathews, VA bank sits in an elevated band. Mathews, VA footprints: Chesapeake Bank (1 branch, stress 53) in Mathews, VA.

1,506 of the 5,493 housing units in Mathews, VA sit vacant. Mathews County, VA permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Mathews, VA's one-to-four unit structures added 25 units in Mathews County, VA.