ZIP 26337 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 26337 in Ritchie County, West Virginia carries a composite property-distress score of 9/100 — a minimal reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. The latent-versus-live split is 21/100 structural and 2/100 already moving. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (46/100), structural risk (21/100), mortgage stress (6/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (6/100) and institutional ownership (6/100).

The expansion-phase market in 26337 posted values that rose 7.0% over the year (phase confidence 36/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

At $50,556, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The poverty rate is 17.9% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Around 25% of renters are cost-burdened. 89% of housing is owner-occupied. The vacancy rate is 20.0% — elevated. The typical home is worth about $103,900 (1.8× income, relatively affordable). The ZIP holds roughly 441 housing units. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 25/100. Around 10% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Population is roughly 842 with a median age of 45.

On the whole, 26337 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.