ZIP 26201 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 26201 in Upshur County, West Virginia carries a composite property-distress score of 21/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (51/100), institutional ownership (16/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (16/100) and mortgage stress (9/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (70/100). The latent-versus-live split is 51/100 structural and 3/100 already moving.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 7.0% year on year, and 22% higher over three years (phase confidence 36/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Households earn a median $51,597 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. A median home runs $174,100 here, or 3.1 times local income. About 19% have a four-year degree. The ZIP holds roughly 8,720 housing units. The vacancy rate is 10.9%. On demographic stress specifically, 26201 scores 31/100. Roughly 18.3% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. The tenure split is 77% owner-occupied to 23% rented. Around 39% of renters are cost-burdened. About 19,020 people live here, median age 43.

Net-net, 26201 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.