ZIP 26271 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Tucker County, West Virginia, ZIP 26271 scores 12 of 100 for composite distress, a minimal level on DLRadar's public-record index. The pressure is most legible in construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (29/100), institutional ownership (3/100). By contrast, structural risk (29/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) register low. On the structural side it scores 29/100, with 0/100 of stress already active.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 8.0% over the trailing year (phase confidence 57/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

80% of housing is owner-occupied. Vacancy runs 18.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Median household income is $36,354, below the U.S. median near $78,000. The ZIP holds roughly 202 housing units. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 24/100. 313 residents call 26271 home, typically aged 56. About 30% have a four-year degree. Roughly 15.0% live below the poverty line. Rent burden reaches 8% of tenant households.

Net-net, 26271 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. While 26271 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

Whether 26271 runs hot or quiet, its 12/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 26271 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Tucker County, West Virginia or nationwide. Where the public record is thin for 26271, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

26271's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. The point of the 26271 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.