ZIP 26161 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 26161 in Ritchie County, West Virginia carries a composite property-distress score of 9/100 — a minimal reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (46/100), structural risk (21/100), institutional ownership (6/100). structural risk (21/100) and institutional ownership (6/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 21 and live distress 0 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 7.0% over the trailing year, at 36/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

Educational attainment sits at 12% bachelor's-or-above. 490 residents call 26161 home, typically aged 60. Vacancy runs 13.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. There are about 186 housing units across 26161. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 30/100. Owners hold 100% of homes, renters 0%. Median household income is $50,568, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Home values center near $162,500, an affordability ratio of 3.5× — accessible. 24.5% of residents fall below the poverty threshold.

Taken together, 26161 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.