ZIP 26143 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 26143 in Wirt County, West Virginia carries a composite property-distress score of 10/100 — a minimal reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (67/100), structural risk (24/100), institutional ownership (7/100). institutional ownership (7/100) and mortgage stress (6/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 24 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a contraction phase: values fell 1.6% over the trailing year, 2.2% off the recent peak, at 100/100 phase confidence. Falling values surface more motivated sellers and below-market exits.

3,326 residents call 26143 home, typically aged 50. Owners hold 83% of homes, renters 17%. Educational attainment sits at 14% bachelor's-or-above. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 25/100. Vacancy runs 23.7%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. 17.9% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Home values center near $95,100, an affordability ratio of 1.7× — accessible. Rent burden reaches 24% of tenant households. There are about 1,844 housing units across 26143. Median household income is $56,588, below the U.S. median near $78,000.

Taken together, 26143 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.