Lincoln County, WV: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Lincoln County, WV, West Virginia: 20 ZIP codes scored, Lincoln County, WV averaging 26/100 (low, Lincoln, WV), from 22 to 34. Lincoln County, WV is in its expansion phase (Lincoln, WV confidence 57/100): Lincoln, WV home prices up 8.0% (Lincoln, WV) over twelve months. Lincoln County, WV lender headwind: 23/100.

Highest-scoring Lincoln County, WV ZIPs: 25003 (34/100), 25202 (33/100), 25529 (30/100), 25565 (27/100), 25699 (27/100), 25524 (26/100). Also scored in Lincoln County, WV: 25501, 25505, 25506, 25510, 25521, 25540, 25544, 25557, 25564, 25567.

Across Lincoln County, WV's scored ZIPs: median home value $132,127, household income $68,484, 14.8% vacancy, 20.6% poverty, 80% owner-occupied, median age 42.3.

Lincoln County, WV insurance distress 75/100 (#504 in the US); FEMA hazard 78/100 for Lincoln, WV; 12 federal disaster declarations in Lincoln County, WV since 2023 (3 flood); 3 Lincoln, WV NFIP flood claims, $66K paid; Lincoln, WV construction distress 42/100.

4 banks with 6 branches lend in Lincoln County, WV; Lincoln, WV weighted bank stress 50/100, highest 55/100 in Lincoln, WV.

Lincoln County, WV unemployment 4.7% (Lincoln, WV -2.2 pts, six months); 11 new housing units permitted in Lincoln County, WV over twelve months, Lincoln, WV up 10% from 10; Lincoln, WV home prices +6.8% a year (Lincoln, WV) over three years.

9,595 housing units in Lincoln County, WV; 1,974 Lincoln, WV renter households; 25% of Lincoln, WV renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 12% (Lincoln, WV) half or more.

Lincoln County, WV ranks #1,860 nationally on the opportunity index (Lincoln, WV, among all ranked counties); Lincoln, WV scores 28.2/100 and Lincoln, WV sits #38 inside West Virginia. Lincoln, WV is in the early_signal opportunity phase; Lincoln, WV's primary driver is vacancy, Lincoln, WV second driver bank institutional; Lincoln, WV moved down 310 places. 48 days on market observed in Lincoln, WV; 17.9% vacancy over 20 Lincoln, WV ZIPs.

No CFPB county sample covers Lincoln County, WV. The non-metro area reading for Lincoln, WV: 1.2% ninety-plus days late; Lincoln, WV's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 3.9% (Lincoln, WV, December 2025 data); West Virginia overall 1.1%.

Lincoln County, WV has 2 watched banks; 2 Lincoln, WV banks sit in an elevated band. Lincoln, WV footprints: City Nb Of West Virginia (2 branches, stress 49) in Lincoln, WV; Logan Bank&Trust Co (1 branch, stress 50) in Lincoln, WV.

HUD lists 3 assisted multifamily properties in Lincoln County, WV with 70 units; 69 Lincoln, WV units are assisted.

1,922 of the 9,595 housing units in Lincoln, WV sit vacant. Lincoln County, WV permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Lincoln, WV's one-to-four unit structures added 11 units in Lincoln County, WV.