ZIP 26218 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 26218 (Upshur County, West Virginia) lands at 22/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (76/100). On the structural side it scores 53/100, with 3/100 of stress already active. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (53/100), institutional ownership (17/100). institutional ownership (17/100) and mortgage stress (9/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 7.0% over the trailing year (phase confidence 36/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

17.0% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Around 83% of renters are cost-burdened. The ZIP holds roughly 1,491 housing units. 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. Educational attainment sits at 11% bachelor's-or-above. Home values center near $143,900, an affordability ratio of 2.4× — accessible. 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. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.