ZIP 26187 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 26187 (Wood County, West Virginia) lands at 32/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Structural exposure scores 71 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (75/100), structural risk (71/100), institutional ownership (51/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (20/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (85/100), climate & FEMA risk (79/100)).

The contraction-phase market in 26187 posted values that fell 2.4% over the year, 2.4% off the recent peak, and 14% higher over three years, at 100/100 phase confidence. Softening prices widen the spread between distressed and market value — what acquisition buyers watch for.

The typical home is worth about $198,300 (2.3× income, relatively affordable). The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 20/100. Population is roughly 6,100 with a median age of 48. 87% of housing is owner-occupied. There are about 2,991 housing units across 26187. Around 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Vacancy runs 7.2%. Rent burden reaches 21% of tenant households. At $80,714, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 6.9% — low.

On the whole, 26187 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.