ZIP 26037 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 26037 (Brooke County, West Virginia) at a moderate 30/100 for overall property distress. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (85/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100)). Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (69/100), institutional ownership (53/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (20/100). Structural exposure scores 69 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale.

The expansion-phase market in 26037 posted values that rose 10.6% over the year, 1.4% off the recent peak, and 21% higher over three years, at 84/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Population is roughly 5,727 with a median age of 51. Vacancy runs 10.7%. There are about 2,940 housing units across 26037. Rent burden reaches 24% of tenant households. The typical home is worth about $136,600 (2.3× income, relatively affordable). Around 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 69% of housing is owner-occupied. At $56,713, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 9.6%. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 24/100.

On balance 26037 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.