Mercer County, WV: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties
Mercer County, WV, West Virginia: 20 ZIP codes scored, Mercer County, WV averaging 23/100 (low, Mercer, WV), from 19 to 23. Mercer County, WV is in its expansion phase (Mercer, WV confidence 44/100): Mercer, WV home prices up 6.0% (Mercer, WV) over twelve months. Mercer County, WV lender headwind: 23/100.
Highest-scoring Mercer County, WV ZIPs: 24701 (23/100), 24712 (23/100), 24714 (23/100), 24715 (23/100), 24724 (23/100), 24729 (23/100). Also scored in Mercer County, WV: 24731, 24733, 24737, 24738, 24739, 24740, 24747, 25820, 25902, 25922.
Across Mercer County, WV's scored ZIPs: median home value $131,086, household income $48,935, 26.3% vacancy, 24.5% poverty, 83% owner-occupied, median age 49.4.
Mercer County, WV insurance distress 84/100 (#257 in the US); FEMA hazard 78/100 for Mercer, WV; 9 federal disaster declarations in Mercer County, WV since 2023; 22 Mercer, WV NFIP flood claims, $1.4M paid; Mercer, WV construction distress 1/100.
7 banks with 17 branches lend in Mercer County, WV; Mercer, WV weighted bank stress 53/100, highest 73/100 in Mercer, WV.
Mercer County, WV unemployment 4.3% (Mercer, WV -1.2 pts, six months); 10 new housing units permitted in Mercer County, WV over twelve months, Mercer, WV up 233% from 3; Mercer, WV home prices +9.6% a year (Mercer, WV) over three years.
29,345 housing units in Mercer County, WV; 7,388 Mercer, WV renter households; 42% of Mercer, WV renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 17% (Mercer, WV) half or more.
Mercer County, WV ranks #796 nationally on the opportunity index (Mercer, WV, among all ranked counties); Mercer, WV scores 32.0/100 and Mercer, WV sits #17 inside West Virginia. Mercer, WV is in the watchlist opportunity phase; Mercer, WV's primary driver is vacancy, Mercer, WV second driver bank institutional; Mercer, WV moved up 630 places. 5 short-sale listings across Mercer, WV; 67 days on market observed in Mercer, WV; 16.6% vacancy over 20 Mercer, WV ZIPs.
No CFPB county sample covers Mercer County, WV. The non-metro area reading for Mercer, WV: 1.2% ninety-plus days late; Mercer, WV's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 3.9% (Mercer, WV, December 2025 data); West Virginia overall 1.1%.
Mercer County, WV has 2 watched banks; 2 Mercer, WV banks sit in an elevated band. Mercer, WV footprints: Mcnb Bank&Trust Co (2 branches, stress 67) in Mercer, WV; City Nb Of West Virginia (1 branch, stress 49) in Mercer, WV.
HUD lists 2 assisted multifamily properties in Mercer County, WV with 255 units; 254 Mercer, WV units are assisted, 2 Mercer, WV properties under project-based Section 8.
5,121 of the 29,345 housing units in Mercer, WV sit vacant. Mercer County, WV permitted 5 multifamily units in twelve months; Mercer, WV's one-to-four unit structures added 5 units in Mercer County, WV.