ZIP 26261 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Greenbrier County, West Virginia, ZIP 26261 scores 23 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (66/100). On the structural side it scores 51/100, with 5/100 of stress already active. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (51/100), structural risk (51/100), institutional ownership (36/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (36/100) and mortgage stress (16/100) register low.

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

Households earn a median $34,255 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. On demographic stress specifically, 26261 scores 33/100. Roughly 30.2% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Around 46% of renters are cost-burdened. The ZIP holds roughly 1,589 housing units. A median home runs $74,700 here, or 1.9 times local income. About 11% have a four-year degree. The vacancy rate is 30.2% — elevated. The tenure split is 82% owner-occupied to 18% rented. About 3,115 people live here, median age 47.

Net-net, 26261 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.