ZIP 24701 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Composite property distress in 24701 (Mercer County, West Virginia) lands at 31/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Structural risk reads 70/100 against active distress of 7/100. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (75/100), structural risk (70/100), institutional ownership (59/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (24/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (94/100), FEMA disaster exposure (71/100), climate & FEMA risk (61/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 4.7% year on year, and 7% higher over three years, at 37/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Vacancy runs 18.1%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The tenure split is 64% owner-occupied to 36% rented. Rent burden reaches 38% of tenant households. Roughly 18.1% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. A median home runs $105,000 here, or 2.3 times local income. There are about 9,223 housing units across 24701. About 17,943 people live here, median age 45. About 19% have a four-year degree. On demographic stress specifically, 24701 scores 30/100. Households earn a median $44,188 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure.

Net-net, 24701 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.