ZIP 26288 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 26288 in Webster County, West Virginia carries a composite property-distress score of 10/100 — a minimal reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural risk reads 24/100 against active distress of 4/100. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (24/100), institutional ownership (18/100), mortgage stress (13/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (18/100) and mortgage stress (13/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (79/100).

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

There are about 1,833 housing units across 26288. Households earn a median $37,348 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. About 2,958 people live here, median age 52. The tenure split is 75% owner-occupied to 25% rented. Vacancy runs 36.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. On demographic stress specifically, 26288 scores 36/100. Roughly 23.8% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. About 19% have a four-year degree. A median home runs $80,200 here, or 2.4 times local income. Rent burden reaches 62% of tenant households.

Net-net, 26288 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.