ZIP 26155 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 public-record scale, ZIP 26155 in Wetzel County, West Virginia comes in at 21, a low composite-distress reading. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (87/100), FEMA disaster exposure (65/100). The split runs 46/100 structural to 7/100 active on the ground. Property-level stress concentrates in institutional ownership (55/100), structural risk (46/100), mortgage stress (22/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (22/100).

The expansion-phase market in 26155 posted values that rose 7.8% over the year, and 32% higher over three years, at 55/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Vacancy runs 15.6%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Around 27% of renters are cost-burdened. The tenure split is 82% owner-occupied to 18% rented. Educational attainment sits at 17% bachelor's-or-above. Roughly 14.8% live below the poverty line. 7,715 residents call 26155 home, typically aged 45. Households earn a median $54,747 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. A median home runs $150,500 here, or 2.3 times local income. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 26/100. The ZIP holds roughly 3,919 housing units.

Net-net, 26155 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. While 26155 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

The number is not local guesswork: 26155's 21/100 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 26155 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

Each component behind 26155 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 21/100 roll-up. Practically, 26155 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.