ZIP 25971 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 25971 (Mercer County, West Virginia) lands at 31/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (94/100), FEMA disaster exposure (71/100), climate & FEMA risk (61/100)). The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (75/100), structural risk (70/100), institutional ownership (59/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (24/100). Structural exposure scores 70 and live distress 7 on the 0–100 scale.

The peak-phase market in 25971 posted values that rose 4.7% over the year, at 37/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

The poverty rate is 13.6%. Population is roughly 1,487 with a median age of 51. At $74,167, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. There are about 703 housing units across 25971. Around 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 100% of housing is owner-occupied. Vacancy runs 22.3%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. The typical home is worth about $150,000 (1.9× income, relatively affordable). The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 23/100.

On the whole, 25971 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.