ZIP 26030 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 26030 in Brooke County, West Virginia carries a composite property-distress score of 30/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (69/100), institutional ownership (53/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (20/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (85/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100). On the structural side it scores 69/100, with 6/100 of stress already active.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 10.6% year on year, 1.4% off the recent peak (phase confidence 84/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Households earn a median $30,000 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The ZIP holds roughly 256 housing units. Around 28% of renters are cost-burdened. A median home runs $60,300 here, or 2.1 times local income. About 588 people live here, median age 45. The tenure split is 79% owner-occupied to 21% rented. About 14% have a four-year degree. On demographic stress specifically, 26030 scores 32/100. Roughly 40.0% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. The vacancy rate is 21.3% — elevated.

Net-net, 26030 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.