Mason County, WV: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties
Mason County, WV, West Virginia: 19 ZIP codes scored, Mason County, WV averaging 15/100 (low, Mason, WV), from 10 to 26. Mason County, WV is in its expansion phase (Mason, WV confidence 57/100): Mason, WV home prices up 8.0% (Mason, WV) over twelve months. Mason County, WV lender headwind: 50/100.
Highest-scoring Mason County, WV ZIPs: 25541 (26/100), 25520 (23/100), 25526 (22/100), 25082 (19/100), 25123 (16/100), 25106 (14/100). Also scored in Mason County, WV: 25187, 25247, 25253, 25260, 25265, 25287, 25502, 25503, 25515, 25550.
Across Mason County, WV's scored ZIPs: median home value $146,340, household income $66,860, 13.2% vacancy, 16.5% poverty, 84% owner-occupied, median age 45.6.
Mason County, WV insurance distress 17/100 (#2,399 in the US); FEMA hazard 0/100 for Mason, WV; 3 federal disaster declarations in Mason County, WV since 2023; 1 Mason, WV NFIP flood claims, $1K paid; Mason, WV construction distress 3/100.
4 banks with 9 branches lend in Mason County, WV; Mason, WV weighted bank stress 64/100, highest 77/100 in Mason, WV.
Mason County, WV unemployment 3.5% (Mason, WV -0.9 pts, six months); 5 new housing units permitted in Mason County, WV over twelve months, Mason, WV up 150% from 2; Mason, WV home prices +4.6% a year (Mason, WV) over three years.
12,179 housing units in Mason County, WV; 1,836 Mason, WV renter households; 23% of Mason, WV renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 8% (Mason, WV) half or more.
Mason County, WV ranks #1,179 nationally on the opportunity index (Mason, WV, among all ranked counties); Mason, WV scores 30.6/100 and Mason, WV sits #23 inside West Virginia. Mason, WV is in the early_signal opportunity phase; Mason, WV's primary driver is vacancy, Mason, WV second driver bank institutional; Mason, WV moved up 205 places. 7 short-sale listings across Mason, WV; 72 days on market observed in Mason, WV; 14.5% vacancy over 19 Mason, WV ZIPs.
No CFPB county sample covers Mason County, WV. The non-metro area reading for Mason, WV: 1.2% ninety-plus days late; Mason, WV's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 3.9% (Mason, WV, December 2025 data); West Virginia overall 1.1%.
Mason County, WV has 1 watched bank; 1 Mason, WV bank sits in an elevated band. Mason, WV footprints: City Nb Of West Virginia (3 branches, stress 49) in Mason, WV.
HUD lists 4 assisted multifamily properties in Mason County, WV with 228 units; 225 Mason, WV units are assisted, 3 Mason, WV properties under project-based Section 8.
1,968 of the 12,179 housing units in Mason, WV sit vacant. Mason County, WV permitted 5 multifamily units in twelve months; Mason, WV's one-to-four unit structures added 0 units in Mason County, WV.