Wayne County, WV: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties
Wayne County, WV, West Virginia: 17 ZIP codes scored, Wayne County, WV averaging 28/100 (low, Wayne, WV), from 26 to 28. Wayne County, WV is in its expansion phase (Wayne, WV confidence 37/100): Wayne, WV home prices up 7.3% (Wayne, WV) over twelve months. Wayne County, WV lender headwind: 16/100.
Highest-scoring Wayne County, WV ZIPs: 25504 (28/100), 25507 (28/100), 25511 (28/100), 25512 (28/100), 25514 (28/100), 25517 (28/100). Also scored in Wayne County, WV: 25530, 25534, 25535, 25555, 25570, 25669, 25701, 25704, 25699, 25524.
Across Wayne County, WV's scored ZIPs: median home value $118,644, household income $53,315, 18.7% vacancy, 21.7% poverty, 78% owner-occupied, median age 46.9.
Wayne County, WV insurance distress 68/100 (#690 in the US); FEMA hazard 63/100 for Wayne, WV; 9 federal disaster declarations in Wayne County, WV since 2023; 11 Wayne, WV NFIP flood claims, $125K paid; Wayne, WV construction distress 56/100.
5 banks with 5 branches lend in Wayne County, WV; Wayne, WV weighted bank stress 55/100, highest 74/100 in Wayne, WV.
Wayne County, WV unemployment 4.4% (Wayne, WV -1.6 pts, six months); 60 new housing units permitted in Wayne County, WV over twelve months, Wayne, WV down 6% from 64; Wayne, WV home prices +6.9% a year (Wayne, WV) over three years.
18,263 housing units in Wayne County, WV; 3,504 Wayne, WV renter households; 36% of Wayne, WV renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 17% (Wayne, WV) half or more.
Wayne County, WV ranks #1,728 nationally on the opportunity index (Wayne, WV, among all ranked counties); Wayne, WV scores 28.7/100 and Wayne, WV sits #35 inside West Virginia. Wayne, WV is in the early_signal opportunity phase; Wayne, WV's primary driver is vacancy, Wayne, WV second driver construction; Wayne, WV moved down 208 places. 1 short-sale listings across Wayne, WV; 92 days on market observed in Wayne, WV; 15.2% vacancy over 17 Wayne, WV ZIPs.
No CFPB county sample covers Wayne County, WV. The metro area reading for Wayne, WV (Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH): 1.2% ninety-plus days late; Wayne, WV's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 3.3% (Wayne, WV, December 2025 data); West Virginia overall 1.1%.
Wayne County, WV has 3 watched banks; 3 Wayne, WV banks sit in an elevated band. Wayne, WV footprints: Guaranty Bank Inc (1 branch, stress 74) in Wayne, WV; Huntington Fsb (1 branch, stress 69) in Wayne, WV; City Nb Of West Virginia (1 branch, stress 49) in Wayne, WV.
HUD lists 5 assisted multifamily properties in Wayne County, WV with 209 units; 208 Wayne, WV units are assisted, 2 Wayne, WV properties under project-based Section 8.
2,501 of the 18,263 housing units in Wayne, WV sit vacant. Wayne County, WV permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Wayne, WV's one-to-four unit structures added 60 units in Wayne County, WV.