ZIP 26253 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 26253 (Randolph County, West Virginia) at a low 25/100 for overall property distress. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (83/100)). Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (59/100), institutional ownership (19/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (19/100) and mortgage stress (10/100). Structural exposure scores 59 and live distress 3 on the 0–100 scale.

The peak-phase market in 26253 posted values that rose 4.7% over the year, at 37/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

The typical home is worth about $124,400 (2.5× income, relatively affordable). 75% of housing is owner-occupied. Population is roughly 2,803 with a median age of 48. Around 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Vacancy runs 19.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. There are about 1,390 housing units across 26253. The poverty rate is 18.7% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Rent burden reaches 41% of tenant households. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 30/100. At $63,194, median income runs below typical U.S. levels.

On the whole, 26253 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.