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

Marion County, WV, West Virginia: 18 ZIP codes scored, Marion County, WV averaging 25/100 (low, Marion, WV), from 13 to 30. Marion County, WV is in its expansion phase (Marion, WV confidence 44/100): Marion, WV home prices up 6.0% (Marion, WV) over twelve months. Marion County, WV lender headwind: 39/100.

Highest-scoring Marion County, WV ZIPs: 26448 (30/100), 26582 (27/100), 26591 (27/100), 26554 (26/100), 26559 (26/100), 26560 (26/100). Also scored in Marion County, WV: 26563, 26571, 26572, 26574, 26576, 26586, 26587, 26585, 26588, 26437.

Across Marion County, WV's scored ZIPs: median home value $127,953, household income $65,727, 16.8% vacancy, 21.6% poverty, 85% owner-occupied, median age 43.1.

Marion County, WV insurance distress 58/100 (#931 in the US); FEMA hazard 52/100 for Marion, WV; 4 federal disaster declarations in Marion County, WV since 2023 (2 flood); 6 Marion, WV NFIP flood claims, $42K paid; Marion, WV construction distress 50/100.

8 banks with 16 branches lend in Marion County, WV; Marion, WV weighted bank stress 63/100, highest 79/100 in Marion, WV.

Marion County, WV unemployment 4.1% (Marion, WV -1.2 pts, six months); 8 new housing units permitted in Marion County, WV over twelve months, Marion, WV up 0% from 8; Marion, WV home prices +8.1% a year (Marion, WV) over three years.

26,276 housing units in Marion County, WV; 5,554 Marion, WV renter households; 38% of Marion, WV renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 18% (Marion, WV) half or more.

Marion County, WV ranks #1,302 nationally on the opportunity index (Marion, WV, among all ranked counties); Marion, WV scores 30.1/100 and Marion, WV sits #26 inside West Virginia. Marion, WV is in the early_signal opportunity phase; Marion, WV's primary driver is vacancy, Marion, WV second driver bank institutional; Marion, WV moved up 124 places. 3 short-sale listings across Marion, WV; 78 days on market observed in Marion, WV; 12.5% vacancy over 18 Marion, WV ZIPs.

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

Marion County, WV has 5 watched banks; 5 Marion, WV banks sit in an elevated band. Marion, WV footprints: First Exchange Bank (4 branches, stress 79) in Marion, WV; Mvb Bank Inc (2 branches, stress 64) in Marion, WV; Freedom Bank Inc (2 branches, stress 58) in Marion, WV.

HUD lists 2 assisted multifamily properties in Marion County, WV with 218 units; 217 Marion, WV units are assisted, 2 Marion, WV properties under project-based Section 8.

2,937 of the 26,276 housing units in Marion, WV sit vacant. Marion County, WV permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Marion, WV's one-to-four unit structures added 8 units in Marion County, WV.