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

Ohio County, WV, West Virginia: 6 ZIP codes scored, Ohio County, WV averaging 28/100 (low, Ohio, WV), from 25 to 32. Ohio County, WV is in its contraction phase (Ohio, WV confidence 42/100): Ohio, WV home prices down 0.5% (Ohio, WV) over twelve months. Ohio County, WV lender headwind: 29/100.

Highest-scoring Ohio County, WV ZIPs: 26003 (32/100), 26036 (31/100), 26032 (30/100), 26059 (25/100), 26060 (25/100), 26074 (25/100).

Across Ohio County, WV's scored ZIPs: median home value $158,960, household income $59,975, 16.3% vacancy, 9.2% poverty, 78% owner-occupied, median age 36.6.

Ohio County, WV insurance distress 89/100 (#117 in the US); FEMA hazard 87/100 for Ohio, WV; 12 federal disaster declarations in Ohio County, WV since 2023 (6 flood); 111 Ohio, WV NFIP flood claims, $4.4M paid; Ohio, WV construction distress 17/100.

7 banks with 16 branches lend in Ohio County, WV; Ohio, WV weighted bank stress 52/100, highest 69/100 in Ohio, WV.

Ohio County, WV unemployment 4.2% (Ohio, WV -1.2 pts, six months); 4 new housing units permitted in Ohio County, WV over twelve months, Ohio, WV up 100% from 2; Ohio, WV home prices +6.7% a year (Ohio, WV) over three years.

21,120 housing units in Ohio County, WV; 5,917 Ohio, WV renter households; 49% of Ohio, WV renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 26% (Ohio, WV) half or more.

Ohio County, WV ranks #665 nationally on the opportunity index (Ohio, WV, among all ranked counties); Ohio, WV scores 32.6/100 and Ohio, WV sits #13 inside West Virginia. Ohio, WV is in the early_signal opportunity phase; Ohio, WV's primary driver is vacancy, Ohio, WV second driver construction; Ohio, WV moved up 29 places. 129 days on market observed in Ohio, WV; 13.9% vacancy over 6 Ohio, WV ZIPs.

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

Ohio County, WV has 1 watched bank; 1 Ohio, WV bank sits in an elevated band. Ohio, WV footprints: Wesbanco Bank Inc (4 branches, stress 44) in Ohio, WV.

HUD lists 9 assisted multifamily properties in Ohio County, WV with 609 units; 443 Ohio, WV units are assisted, 6 Ohio, WV properties under project-based Section 8.

2,778 of the 21,120 housing units in Ohio, WV sit vacant. Ohio County, WV permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Ohio, WV's one-to-four unit structures added 4 units in Ohio County, WV.