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

Putnam County, WV, West Virginia: 17 ZIP codes scored, Putnam County, WV averaging 23/100 (low, Putnam, WV), from 13 to 36. Putnam County, WV is in its expansion phase (Putnam, WV confidence 37/100): Putnam, WV home prices up 7.3% (Putnam, WV) over twelve months. Putnam County, WV lender headwind: 45/100.

Highest-scoring Putnam County, WV ZIPs: 25177 (36/100), 25143 (31/100), 25510 (25/100), 25124 (23/100), 25523 (23/100), 25011 (22/100). Also scored in Putnam County, WV: 25033, 25070, 25109, 25159, 25168, 25213, 25526, 25560, 25082, 25123.

Across Putnam County, WV's scored ZIPs: median home value $177,269, household income $71,445, 13.9% vacancy, 12.1% poverty, 84% owner-occupied, median age 44.4.

Putnam County, WV insurance distress 58/100 (#936 in the US); FEMA hazard 50/100 for Putnam, WV; 6 federal disaster declarations in Putnam County, WV since 2023; 5 Putnam, WV NFIP flood claims, $71K paid; Putnam, WV construction distress 19/100.

13 banks with 20 branches lend in Putnam County, WV; Putnam, WV weighted bank stress 61/100, highest 87/100 in Putnam, WV.

Putnam County, WV unemployment 3.4% (Putnam, WV -1.1 pts, six months); 260 new housing units permitted in Putnam County, WV over twelve months, Putnam, WV up 33% from 196; Putnam, WV home prices +8.0% a year (Putnam, WV) over three years.

24,963 housing units in Putnam County, WV; 3,941 Putnam, WV renter households; 36% of Putnam, WV renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 20% (Putnam, WV) half or more.

Putnam County, WV ranks #3,015 nationally on the opportunity index (Putnam, WV, among all ranked counties); Putnam, WV scores 23.0/100 and Putnam, WV sits #52 inside West Virginia. Putnam, WV is in the weak opportunity phase; Putnam, WV's primary driver is bank institutional, Putnam, WV second driver vacancy; Putnam, WV moved down 90 places. 3 short-sale listings across Putnam, WV; 91 days on market observed in Putnam, WV; 9.3% vacancy over 17 Putnam, WV ZIPs.

No CFPB county sample covers Putnam County, WV. The metro area reading for Putnam, WV (Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH): 1.2% ninety-plus days late; Putnam, WV's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 3.3% (Putnam, WV, December 2025 data); West Virginia overall 1.1%.

Putnam County, WV has 5 watched banks; 5 Putnam, WV banks sit in an elevated band. Putnam, WV footprints: Putnam County Bank (4 branches, stress 65) in Putnam, WV; City Nb Of West Virginia (4 branches, stress 49) in Putnam, WV; Poca Valley Bank Inc (2 branches, stress 87) in Putnam, WV.

HUD lists 3 assisted multifamily properties in Putnam County, WV with 69 units; 41 Putnam, WV units are assisted, 1 Putnam, WV properties under project-based Section 8.

1,712 of the 24,963 housing units in Putnam, WV sit vacant. Putnam County, WV permitted 165 multifamily units in twelve months; Putnam, WV's one-to-four unit structures added 95 units in Putnam County, WV.