ZIP 26184 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 26184 in Wood County, West Virginia carries a composite property-distress score of 29/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (74/100), climate & FEMA risk (71/100)). On the structural side it scores 65/100, with 5/100 of stress already active. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (75/100), structural risk (65/100), institutional ownership (45/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (18/100).

The contraction-phase market in 26184 posted values that fell 1.1% over the year, 2.1% off the recent peak (phase confidence 100/100). Softening prices widen the spread between distressed and market value — what acquisition buyers watch for.

The poverty rate is 15.4%. The ZIP holds roughly 1,039 housing units. At $65,793, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The typical home is worth about $165,600 (2.7× income, relatively affordable). Around 19% of renters are cost-burdened. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 24/100. Population is roughly 2,328 with a median age of 42. The vacancy rate is 9.8%. Around 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 91% of housing is owner-occupied.

On the whole, 26184 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.