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

Wetzel County, WV, West Virginia: 13 ZIP codes scored, Wetzel County, WV averaging 22/100 (low, Wetzel, WV), from 20 to 32. Wetzel County, WV is in its expansion phase (Wetzel, WV confidence 57/100): Wetzel, WV home prices up 8.0% (Wetzel, WV) over twelve months. Wetzel County, WV lender headwind: 45/100.

Highest-scoring Wetzel County, WV ZIPs: 26055 (32/100), 26585 (24/100), 26162 (22/100), 26167 (22/100), 26348 (22/100), 26419 (22/100). Also scored in Wetzel County, WV: 26437, 26581, 26155, 26159, 26377, 26562, 26575.

Across Wetzel County, WV's scored ZIPs: median home value $101,618, household income $56,141, 21.2% vacancy, 18.0% poverty, 86% owner-occupied, median age 46.8.

Wetzel County, WV insurance distress 78/100 (#405 in the US); FEMA hazard 73/100 for Wetzel, WV; 8 federal disaster declarations in Wetzel County, WV since 2023 (4 flood); 18 Wetzel, WV NFIP flood claims, $555K paid; Wetzel, WV construction distress 4/100.

6 banks with 9 branches lend in Wetzel County, WV; Wetzel, WV weighted bank stress 52/100, highest 85/100 in Wetzel, WV.

Wetzel County, WV unemployment 6.0% (Wetzel, WV -1.8 pts, six months); 4 new housing units permitted in Wetzel County, WV over twelve months; Wetzel, WV home prices +8.0% a year (Wetzel, WV) over three years.

7,297 housing units in Wetzel County, WV; 1,044 Wetzel, WV renter households; 31% of Wetzel, WV renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 13% (Wetzel, WV) half or more.

Wetzel County, WV ranks #1,182 nationally on the opportunity index (Wetzel, WV, among all ranked counties); Wetzel, WV scores 30.5/100 and Wetzel, WV sits #24 inside West Virginia. Wetzel, WV is in the watchlist opportunity phase; Wetzel, WV's primary driver is vacancy, Wetzel, WV second driver bank institutional; Wetzel, WV moved up 502 places. 2 short-sale listings across Wetzel, WV; 60 days on market observed in Wetzel, WV; 18.1% vacancy over 13 Wetzel, WV ZIPs.

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

Wetzel County, WV has 3 watched banks; 3 Wetzel, WV banks sit in an elevated band. Wetzel, WV footprints: Wesbanco Bank Inc (3 branches, stress 44) in Wetzel, WV; First Exchange Bank (1 branch, stress 79) in Wetzel, WV; Citizens Bank Of West Va Inc (1 branch, stress 51) in Wetzel, WV.

1,184 of the 7,297 housing units in Wetzel, WV sit vacant. Wetzel County, WV permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Wetzel, WV's one-to-four unit structures added 4 units in Wetzel County, WV.