ZIP 25438 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 distress scale, ZIP 25438 in Jefferson County, West Virginia comes in at 18, a low composite-distress reading. Structurally it carries 41/100, against 2/100 of stress already in motion. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (62/100). The pressure is most legible in construction/permit lag (53/100), structural risk (41/100), institutional ownership (14/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (14/100) and mortgage stress (7/100) register low.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 6.0% over the trailing year, and 25% higher over three years (phase confidence 44/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

A median home runs $254,400 here, or 2.8 times local income. Around 31% of renters are cost-burdened. Population is roughly 7,356 with a median age of 37. 70% of housing is owner-occupied. The vacancy rate is 8.6%. At $82,825, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. There are about 3,129 housing units across 25438. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 29/100. 14.2% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Educational attainment sits at 16% bachelor's-or-above.

Broadly, 25438 is a steadier market — the deals are the exceptions, not the rule. While 25438 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

Big metro or rural, 25438 runs through one identical scoring model, so its 18/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Jefferson County, West Virginia and the nation. 25438 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

The 18/100 for 25438 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. For a buyer, 25438 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.