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

Russell County, VA, Virginia: 11 ZIP codes scored, Russell County, VA averaging 28/100 (low, Russell, VA), from 23 to 31. Russell County, VA is in its expansion phase (Russell, VA confidence 30/100): Russell, VA home prices up 5.5% (Russell, VA) over twelve months. Russell County, VA lender headwind: 58/100.

Highest-scoring Russell County, VA ZIPs: 24609 (31/100), 24224 (30/100), 24225 (30/100), 24260 (30/100), 24266 (30/100), 24280 (30/100). Also scored in Russell County, VA: 24649, 24639, 24237, 24271, 24283.

Across Russell County, VA's scored ZIPs: median home value $130,173, household income $46,604, 19.7% vacancy, 21.2% poverty, 75% owner-occupied, median age 46.3.

Russell County, VA insurance distress 82/100 (#303 in the US); FEMA hazard 84/100 for Russell, VA; 8 federal disaster declarations in Russell County, VA since 2023; 3 Russell, VA NFIP flood claims, $164K paid; Russell, VA construction distress 97/100.

6 banks with 10 branches lend in Russell County, VA; Russell, VA weighted bank stress 62/100, highest 73/100 in Russell, VA.

Russell County, VA unemployment 4.6% (Russell, VA -0.5 pts, six months); 14 new housing units permitted in Russell County, VA over twelve months, Russell, VA down 53% from 30; Russell, VA home prices +6.8% a year (Russell, VA) over three years.

12,761 housing units in Russell County, VA; 2,534 Russell, VA renter households; 30% of Russell, VA renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 17% (Russell, VA) half or more.

Russell County, VA ranks #52 nationally on the opportunity index (Russell, VA, among all ranked counties); Russell, VA scores 38.5/100 and Russell, VA sits #2 inside Virginia. Russell, VA is in the strong_buy opportunity phase; Russell, VA's primary driver is construction, Russell, VA second driver vacancy; Russell, VA moved down 15 places. 4 short-sale listings across Russell, VA; 72 days on market observed in Russell, VA; 17.6% vacancy over 11 Russell, VA ZIPs.

No CFPB county sample covers Russell County, VA. The non-metro area reading for Russell, VA: 1.2% ninety-plus days late; Russell, VA's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 3.0% (Russell, VA, December 2025 data); Virginia overall 0.8%.

Russell County, VA has 5 watched banks; 5 Russell, VA banks sit in an elevated band. Russell, VA footprints: New Peoples Bank Inc (4 branches, stress 60) in Russell, VA; First Bank&Trust Co (2 branches, stress 54) in Russell, VA; First Sentinel Bank (1 branch, stress 73) in Russell, VA.

2,092 of the 12,761 housing units in Russell, VA sit vacant. Russell County, VA permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Russell, VA's one-to-four unit structures added 14 units in Russell County, VA.