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

Preston County, WV, West Virginia: 17 ZIP codes scored, Preston County, WV averaging 15/100 (low, Preston, WV), from 13 to 22. Preston County, WV is in its expansion phase (Preston, WV confidence 55/100): Preston, WV home prices up 6.7% (Preston, WV) over twelve months. Preston County, WV lender headwind: 33/100.

Highest-scoring Preston County, WV ZIPs: 26287 (22/100), 26405 (22/100), 26542 (16/100), 26410 (14/100), 26425 (14/100), 26444 (14/100). Also scored in Preston County, WV: 26519, 26520, 26524, 26525, 26537, 26547, 26705, 26716, 26764, 26374.

Across Preston County, WV's scored ZIPs: median home value $148,906, household income $61,900, 15.7% vacancy, 16.2% poverty, 81% owner-occupied, median age 45.2.

Preston County, WV insurance distress 59/100 (#910 in the US); FEMA hazard 50/100 for Preston, WV; 6 federal disaster declarations in Preston County, WV since 2023; 3 Preston, WV NFIP flood claims, $101K paid; Preston, WV construction distress 2/100.

3 banks with 7 branches lend in Preston County, WV; Preston, WV weighted bank stress 52/100, highest 62/100 in Preston, WV.

Preston County, WV unemployment 3.9% (Preston, WV -1.5 pts, six months); 3 new housing units permitted in Preston County, WV over twelve months, Preston, WV up 200% from 1; Preston, WV home prices +6.5% a year (Preston, WV) over three years.

15,183 housing units in Preston County, WV; 2,487 Preston, WV renter households; 35% of Preston, WV renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 14% (Preston, WV) half or more.

Preston County, WV ranks #1,552 nationally on the opportunity index (Preston, WV, among all ranked counties); Preston, WV scores 29.2/100 and Preston, WV sits #33 inside West Virginia. Preston, WV is in the early_signal opportunity phase; Preston, WV's primary driver is vacancy, Preston, WV second driver bank institutional; Preston, WV moved up 138 places. 3 short-sale listings across Preston, WV; 44 days on market observed in Preston, WV; 15.2% vacancy over 17 Preston, WV ZIPs.

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

Preston County, WV has 2 watched banks; 2 Preston, WV banks sit in an elevated band. Preston, WV footprints: Clear Mountain Bank (5 branches, stress 52) in Preston, WV; Wesbanco Bank Inc (1 branch, stress 44) in Preston, WV.

HUD lists 1 assisted multifamily property in Preston County, WV with 19 units; 19 Preston, WV units are assisted.

2,374 of the 15,183 housing units in Preston, WV sit vacant. Preston County, WV permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Preston, WV's one-to-four unit structures added 3 units in Preston County, WV.