ZIP 26181 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 26181 (Wood County, West Virginia) at a moderate 32/100 for overall property distress. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (85/100), climate & FEMA risk (79/100)). Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (75/100), structural risk (71/100), institutional ownership (51/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (20/100). Structural risk reads 71/100 against active distress of 6/100.

The contraction-phase market in 26181 posted values that fell 2.4% over the year, 2.4% off the recent peak, and 29% higher over three years, at 100/100 phase confidence. Softening prices widen the spread between distressed and market value — what acquisition buyers watch for.

Population is roughly 5,708 with a median age of 53. 89% of housing is owner-occupied. The typical home is worth about $197,700 (2.5× income, relatively affordable). The poverty rate is 5.2% — low. At $79,314, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. Vacancy runs 8.7%. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 27/100. Around 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. There are about 2,749 housing units across 26181. Rent burden reaches 61% of tenant households.

On the whole, 26181 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.