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

Portsmouth County, VA, Virginia: 8 ZIP codes scored, Portsmouth County, VA averaging 21/100 (low, Portsmouth, VA), from 18 to 21. Portsmouth County, VA is in its peak phase (Portsmouth, VA confidence 30/100): Portsmouth, VA home prices up 3.4% (Portsmouth, VA) over twelve months. Portsmouth County, VA lender headwind: 53/100.

Highest-scoring Portsmouth County, VA ZIPs: 23701 (21/100), 23702 (21/100), 23703 (21/100), 23704 (21/100), 23707 (21/100), 23708 (21/100). Also scored in Portsmouth County, VA: 23709, 23321.

Across Portsmouth County, VA's scored ZIPs: median home value $261,350, household income $70,644, 6.5% vacancy, 14.6% poverty, 50% owner-occupied, median age 32.9.

Portsmouth County, VA insurance distress 24/100 (#2,002 in the US); FEMA hazard 0/100 for Portsmouth, VA; 2 federal disaster declarations in Portsmouth County, VA since 2023; 18 Portsmouth, VA NFIP flood claims, $39K paid; Portsmouth, VA construction distress 77/100.

6 banks with 10 branches lend in Portsmouth County, VA; Portsmouth, VA weighted bank stress 56/100, highest 71/100 in Portsmouth, VA.

Portsmouth County, VA unemployment 4.6% (Portsmouth, VA -0.3 pts, six months); 162 new housing units permitted in Portsmouth County, VA over twelve months, Portsmouth, VA down 27% from 223; Portsmouth, VA home prices +9.5% a year (Portsmouth, VA) over three years.

43,318 housing units in Portsmouth County, VA; 17,121 Portsmouth, VA renter households; 53% of Portsmouth, VA renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 27% (Portsmouth, VA) half or more.

Portsmouth County, VA ranks #2,586 nationally on the opportunity index (Portsmouth, VA, among all ranked counties); Portsmouth, VA scores 25.5/100 and Portsmouth, VA sits #80 inside Virginia. Portsmouth, VA is in the weak opportunity phase; Portsmouth, VA's primary driver is construction, Portsmouth, VA second driver bank institutional; Portsmouth, VA moved down 83 places. 17 short-sale listings across Portsmouth, VA; 98 days on market observed in Portsmouth, VA; 8.1% vacancy over 8 Portsmouth, VA ZIPs.

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

Portsmouth County, VA has 1 watched bank; 1 Portsmouth, VA bank sits in an elevated band. Portsmouth, VA footprints: Townebank (3 branches, stress 36) in Portsmouth, VA.

HUD lists 7 assisted multifamily properties in Portsmouth County, VA with 377 units; 19 Portsmouth, VA units are assisted.

3,030 of the 43,318 housing units in Portsmouth, VA sit vacant. Portsmouth County, VA permitted 78 multifamily units in twelve months; Portsmouth, VA's one-to-four unit structures added 84 units in Portsmouth County, VA.