ZIP 24279 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Scored purely from public records, 24279 (Wise County, Virginia) returns a low composite of 23/100. Structural exposure scores 51 and live distress 7 on the 0–100 scale. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (89/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (77/100). Its standout signals are institutional ownership (65/100), structural risk (51/100), mortgage stress (25/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (25/100) and construction/permit lag (14/100).

The expansion-phase market in 24279 posted values that rose 5.5% over the year, at 30/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Population is roughly 4,679 with a median age of 42. Households earn a median $42,344 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Vacancy runs 13.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. There are about 1,975 housing units across 24279. Home values center near $97,300, an affordability ratio of 2.3× — accessible. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 28/100. Owners hold 85% of homes, renters 15%. Roughly 15.5% live below the poverty line. Rent burden reaches 39% of tenant households. About 10% have a four-year degree.

On the whole, 24279 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. While 24279 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

Big metro or rural, 24279 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 23/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Wise County, Virginia and the nation. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed on ingest; 24279 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.

The 23/100 figure for 24279 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. For an operator, 24279 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.