ZIP 26218 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Composite property distress in 26218 (Upshur County, West Virginia) lands at 27/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (76/100). Structural risk reads 62/100 against active distress of 3/100. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (96/100), structural risk (62/100), institutional ownership (45/100). mortgage stress (9/100) stay muted.

The expansion-phase market in 26218 posted values that rose 8.0% over the year, at 57/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

The poverty rate is 17.0% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Around 83% of renters are cost-burdened. There are about 1,491 housing units across 26218. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 37/100. Median household income is $58,270, below the U.S. median near $78,000. 2,880 residents call 26218 home, typically aged 41. Around 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. A median home runs $143,900 here, or 2.4 times local income. Owners hold 85% of homes, renters 15%. The vacancy rate is 28.4% — elevated.

Taken together, 26218 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. 26218 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 26218's 27/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Upshur County, West Virginia or any ZIP coast to coast. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 26218 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

26218's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. For a buyer, 26218 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.