ZIP 26288 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Scored purely from public records, 26288 (Webster County, West Virginia) returns a minimal composite of 10/100. On the structural side it scores 23/100, with 4/100 of stress already active. Its heaviest discrete signals: structural risk (23/100), institutional ownership (18/100), mortgage stress (13/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (18/100) and mortgage stress (13/100). It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (78/100).

The expansion-phase market in 26288 posted values that rose 8.0% over the year (phase confidence 57/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

There are about 1,833 housing units across 26288. Median household income is $37,348, below the U.S. median near $78,000. About 2,958 people live here, median age 52. 75% of housing is owner-occupied. 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. Educational attainment sits at 19% bachelor's-or-above. The typical home is worth about $80,200 (2.4× income, relatively affordable). Around 62% of renters are cost-burdened.

Net-net, 26288 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. No parcel file is published for 26288 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

Whether 26288 runs hot or quiet, its 10/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 26288 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Webster County, West Virginia or nationwide. Sparse data for 26288 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

26288's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. Practically, 26288 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.