ZIP 26104 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 26104 (Wood County, West Virginia) at a moderate 32/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (75/100), structural risk (71/100), institutional ownership (51/100). mortgage stress (20/100) stay muted. On the structural side it scores 71/100, with 6/100 of stress already active. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (85/100), climate & FEMA risk (79/100).

Prices here sit in a contraction phase: values fell 2.4% over the trailing year, 2.4% off the recent peak, and 17% higher over three years (phase confidence 100/100). Falling values surface more motivated sellers and below-market exits.

Educational attainment sits at 26% bachelor's-or-above. 16,729 residents call 26104 home, typically aged 46. 16.2% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 31/100. The ZIP holds roughly 8,415 housing units. Owners hold 73% of homes, renters 27%. Around 43% of renters are cost-burdened. The vacancy rate is 11.0%. Median household income is $51,695, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Home values center near $170,800, an affordability ratio of 3.2× — accessible.

Taken together, 26104 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.