Nicholas County, WV: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties
Nicholas County, WV, West Virginia: 27 ZIP codes scored, Nicholas County, WV averaging 14/100 (minimal, Nicholas, WV), from 9 to 23. Nicholas County, WV is in its expansion phase (Nicholas, WV confidence 57/100): Nicholas, WV home prices up 8.0% (Nicholas, WV) over twelve months. Nicholas County, WV lender headwind: 8/100.
Highest-scoring Nicholas County, WV ZIPs: 25981 (23/100), 26261 (23/100), 26680 (22/100), 26690 (19/100), 25059 (18/100), 26656 (18/100). Also scored in Nicholas County, WV: 25043, 25125, 25111, 26202, 26205, 26610, 26617, 26651, 26660, 26662.
Across Nicholas County, WV's scored ZIPs: median home value $116,591, household income $52,989, 22.1% vacancy, 15.1% poverty, 86% owner-occupied, median age 47.9.
Nicholas County, WV insurance distress 25/100 (#1,903 in the US); FEMA hazard 50/100 for Nicholas, WV; 6 federal disaster declarations in Nicholas County, WV since 2023; Nicholas, WV construction distress 8/100.
6 banks with 8 branches lend in Nicholas County, WV; Nicholas, WV weighted bank stress 47/100, highest 71/100 in Nicholas, WV.
Nicholas County, WV unemployment 4.6% (Nicholas, WV -2.1 pts, six months); 3 new housing units permitted in Nicholas County, WV over twelve months, Nicholas, WV up 200% from 1; Nicholas, WV home prices +10.7% a year (Nicholas, WV) over three years.
12,550 housing units in Nicholas County, WV; 1,701 Nicholas, WV renter households; 23% of Nicholas, WV renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 14% (Nicholas, WV) half or more.
Nicholas County, WV ranks #2,207 nationally on the opportunity index (Nicholas, WV, among all ranked counties); Nicholas, WV scores 27.0/100 and Nicholas, WV sits #43 inside West Virginia. Nicholas, WV is in the weak opportunity phase; Nicholas, WV's primary driver is vacancy, Nicholas, WV second driver bank institutional; Nicholas, WV moved up 447 places. 3 short-sale listings across Nicholas, WV; 34 days on market observed in Nicholas, WV; 20.2% vacancy over 27 Nicholas, WV ZIPs.
No CFPB county sample covers Nicholas County, WV. The non-metro area reading for Nicholas, WV: 1.2% ninety-plus days late; Nicholas, WV's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 3.9% (Nicholas, WV, December 2025 data); West Virginia overall 1.1%.
Nicholas County, WV has 1 watched bank; 1 Nicholas, WV bank sits in an elevated band. Nicholas, WV footprints: Pendleton Community Bank Inc (1 branch, stress 71) in Nicholas, WV.
HUD lists 2 assisted multifamily properties in Nicholas County, WV with 136 units; 134 Nicholas, WV units are assisted, 2 Nicholas, WV properties under project-based Section 8.
3,084 of the 12,550 housing units in Nicholas, WV sit vacant. Nicholas County, WV permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Nicholas, WV's one-to-four unit structures added 3 units in Nicholas County, WV.