ZIP 26178 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 26178 in Ritchie County, West Virginia carries a composite property-distress score of 14/100 — a minimal reading on DLRadar's deterministic distress index. The pressure is most legible in 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. Structurally it carries 30/100, against 2/100 of stress already in motion.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 8.0% year on year, at 57/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

The ZIP holds roughly 225 housing units. 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. Owners hold 45% of homes, renters 55%. Roughly 12.5% live below the poverty line. Around 0% of renters are cost-burdened. The typical home is worth about $137,500 (4.3× income). Around 4% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 272 residents call 26178 home, typically aged 45. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 36/100.

Taken together, 26178 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. No parcel file is published for 26178 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

Whether 26178 runs hot or quiet, its 14/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 26178 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Ritchie County, West Virginia or nationwide. 26178 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

Each component behind 26178 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 14/100 roll-up. The point of the 26178 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.