ZIP 26178 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 26178 (Ritchie County, West Virginia) lands at 9/100 — minimal on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (46/100), structural risk (21/100), mortgage stress (6/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (6/100) and institutional ownership (6/100). Structural risk reads 21/100 against active distress of 2/100.

The expansion-phase market in 26178 posted values that rose 7.0% over the year, at 36/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

There are about 225 housing units across 26178. Vacancy runs 48.5%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. At $35,203, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. 45% of housing is owner-occupied. The poverty rate is 12.5%. Rent burden reaches 0% of tenant households. The typical home is worth about $137,500 (4.3× income). Around 4% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Population is roughly 272 with a median age of 45. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 36/100.

On the whole, 26178 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.