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

Every ZIP in Mercer County, West Virginia carries a DLRadar distress score assembled from foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender records. Across its ZIPs, composite distress spans 20 to 23 out of 100. Lender pressure in Mercer County registers 23/100 — a contained bank-stress headwind. The county spans 20 scored ZIP codes, averaging 23/100 composite distress.

Currently expansion, Mercer County saw prices rise 6.0% year over year, a 44/100-confidence read. Through the growth, a subset takes on water even as the headline looks strong.

Through Mercer County's +6.0% YoY climb (44/100 confidence), stressed pockets remain which speeds resale of distressed buys. A steady 23/100 bank reading puts the live signals on tax, code and ownership-change cases over REO.

The most-distressed ZIP codes in Mercer County are 24701 (23/100), 24712 (23/100), 24714 (23/100), 24715 (23/100), 24724 (23/100), 24729 (23/100), each with its own full DLRadar report. Further scored ZIPs: 24731, 24733, 24737, 24738, 24739, 24740, 24747, 25820, 25902, 25922.

By the numbers, Mercer County's tracked footprint come in at 83% owner-occupancy, residents with a median age around 49.4, typical home values near $131,086, 26.3% of units sitting vacant, a 24.5% poverty rate, household income averaging about $48,935, below the national median. Taken together, they signal the volume of pressured sellers and the exit liquidity behind them.

Mercer County, West Virginia's 23/100 average over 20 ZIPs says Mercer County rewards parcel-by-parcel work rather than a blanket buy. Unlock Mercer County to see every parcel's owner, APN and address, its own score, the lender behind it and an exit read.

Because Mercer County, West Virginia is scored on the identical public-record model used nationwide, even a quiet county is measured on one scale — letting you weigh Mercer County against neighboring markets or the rest of West Virginia on equal footing.

In Mercer County, West Virginia, the scores are a targeting tool first: they tell you which ZIPs hold the distress and which owners are most likely under real financial pressure, so limited acquisition effort lands where it converts. The Mercer County figures are auditable line by line — county recorders and courts, FHFA price data, FDIC bank filings — with gaps left visible rather than filled by estimate.

Drilling in, Mercer County's highest-scoring ZIPs are 24701 (23/100), 24712 (23/100), 24714 (23/100), 24715 (23/100), 24724 (23/100), 24729 (23/100). DLRadar also scores 24731, 24733, 24737, 24738, 24739, 24740, 24747, 25820 and more across the county. Every one of these is scored independently — a ZIP's composite reflects its own recorded distress, which is why the county average alone hides where the real pressure sits.

The Mercer County score is not a single measure but a composite: foreclosure activity, mortgage and tax-lien stress, and local lender headwind each feed it, which is why understanding the components matters as much as the headline number.