ZIP 26101 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Wood County, West Virginia's ZIP 26101 registers 32/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. Structural risk reads 71/100 against active distress of 6/100. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (85/100), climate & FEMA risk (79/100). The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (75/100), structural risk (71/100), institutional ownership (51/100). mortgage stress (20/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a contraction phase: values fell 2.4% over the trailing year, 2.4% off the recent peak, and 16% higher over three years, at 100/100 phase confidence. Falling values surface more motivated sellers and below-market exits.

There are about 13,872 housing units across 26101. Median household income is $45,556, below the U.S. median near $78,000. 28,571 residents call 26101 home, typically aged 41. Rent burden reaches 43% of tenant households. Owners hold 66% of homes, renters 34%. Vacancy runs 13.7%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 32/100. Educational attainment sits at 16% bachelor's-or-above. Home values center near $117,500, an affordability ratio of 2.4× — accessible. 23.1% of residents fall below the poverty threshold.

Taken together, 26101 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.