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

Upshur County, WV, West Virginia: 12 ZIP codes scored, Upshur County, WV averaging 23/100 (low, Upshur, WV), from 20 to 24. Upshur County, WV is in its expansion phase (Upshur, WV confidence 57/100): Upshur, WV home prices up 8.0% (Upshur, WV) over twelve months. Upshur County, WV lender headwind: 0/100.

Highest-scoring Upshur County, WV ZIPs: 26201 (24/100), 26210 (24/100), 26218 (24/100), 26224 (24/100), 26228 (24/100), 26234 (24/100). Also scored in Upshur County, WV: 26237, 26267, 26343, 26238, 26372, 26236.

Across Upshur County, WV's scored ZIPs: median home value $179,767, household income $54,054, 28.5% vacancy, 19.1% poverty, 88% owner-occupied, median age 46.1.

Upshur County, WV insurance distress 70/100 (#619 in the US); FEMA hazard 63/100 for Upshur, WV; 6 federal disaster declarations in Upshur County, WV since 2023 (3 flood); 38 Upshur, WV NFIP flood claims, $416K paid; Upshur, WV construction distress 61/100.

5 banks with 6 branches lend in Upshur County, WV; Upshur, WV weighted bank stress 50/100, highest 65/100 in Upshur, WV.

Upshur County, WV unemployment 4.3% (Upshur, WV -1.9 pts, six months); 27 new housing units permitted in Upshur County, WV over twelve months, Upshur, WV down 13% from 31; Upshur, WV home prices +12.7% a year (Upshur, WV) over three years.

11,281 housing units in Upshur County, WV; 1,948 Upshur, WV renter households; 42% of Upshur, WV renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 26% (Upshur, WV) half or more.

Upshur County, WV ranks #747 nationally on the opportunity index (Upshur, WV, among all ranked counties); Upshur, WV scores 32.2/100 and Upshur, WV sits #14 inside West Virginia. Upshur, WV is in the watchlist opportunity phase; Upshur, WV's primary driver is vacancy, Upshur, WV second driver construction; Upshur, WV moved up 452 places. 2 short-sale listings across Upshur, WV; 86 days on market observed in Upshur, WV; 14.5% vacancy over 12 Upshur, WV ZIPs.

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

Upshur County, WV has 2 watched banks; 2 Upshur, WV banks sit in an elevated band. Upshur, WV footprints: Freedom Bank Inc (1 branch, stress 58) in Upshur, WV; Citizens Bank Of West Va Inc (1 branch, stress 51) in Upshur, WV.

HUD lists 2 assisted multifamily properties in Upshur County, WV with 263 units; 261 Upshur, WV units are assisted, 2 Upshur, WV properties under project-based Section 8.

1,724 of the 11,281 housing units in Upshur, WV sit vacant. Upshur County, WV permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Upshur, WV's one-to-four unit structures added 27 units in Upshur County, WV.