ZIP 26234 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP 26234's composite property-distress score is 24/100 - DLRadar classes that as low for Upshur County, West Virginia. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (63/100), structural risk (55/100), institutional ownership (46/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (9/100) register low. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (81/100). The split runs 55/100 structural to 3/100 active on the ground.

The expansion-phase market in 26234 posted values that rose 8.0% over the year, at 57/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

The typical home is worth about $206,500 (4.0× income). Around 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. There are about 538 housing units across 26234. Vacancy runs 22.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. 20.0% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. About 1,053 people live here, median age 54. Rent burden reaches 100% of tenant households. On demographic stress specifically, 26234 scores 42/100. At $49,886, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Owners hold 98% of homes, renters 2%.

Net-net, 26234 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Parcel-level detail for 26234 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.

Whether 26234 runs hot or quiet, its 24/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 26234 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Upshur County, West Virginia or nationwide. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 26234, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

Behind 26234's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. Practically, 26234 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.