ZIP 26148 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 26148 in Ritchie County, West Virginia carries a composite property-distress score of 14/100 — a minimal reading on DLRadar's deterministic distress index. The split runs 30/100 structural to 2/100 active on the ground. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (46/100), institutional ownership (32/100), structural risk (30/100). By contrast, structural risk (30/100) and mortgage stress (6/100) register low.

The expansion-phase market in 26148 posted values that rose 8.0% over the year, at 57/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

Population is roughly 233 with a median age of 63. The typical home is worth about $85,000 (1.8× income, relatively affordable). On demographic stress specifically, 26148 scores 33/100. The vacancy rate is 6.8%. The tenure split is 91% owner-occupied to 9% rented. The ZIP holds roughly 119 housing units. Educational attainment sits at 20% bachelor's-or-above. 15.9% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. At $41,622, median income runs below typical U.S. levels.

Net-net, 26148 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.

The number is not local guesswork: 26148's 14/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 26148 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

26148's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. Treat 26148 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.