ZIP 24226 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Scored purely from public records, 24226 (Dickenson County, Virginia) returns a low composite of 26/100. The split runs 60/100 structural to 7/100 active on the ground. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (89/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (70/100)). The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (92/100), institutional ownership (63/100), structural risk (60/100). mortgage stress (25/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.5% over the trailing year (phase confidence 30/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

There are about 839 housing units across 24226. Educational attainment sits at 8% bachelor's-or-above. Owners hold 62% of homes, renters 38%. Median household income is $43,125, below the U.S. median near $78,000. The vacancy rate is 9.4%. The poverty rate is 16.3% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. About 1,798 people live here, median age 42. On demographic stress specifically, 24226 scores 33/100. Home values center near $81,300, an affordability ratio of 1.9× — accessible. Rent burden reaches 60% of tenant households.

Overall, 24226 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.

The 24226 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 26/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 24226 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Dickenson County, Virginia. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 24226 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

Behind 24226's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. For a buyer, 24226 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.