ZIP 26343 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Lewis County, West Virginia, ZIP 26343 scores 26 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. The split runs 61/100 structural to 3/100 active on the ground. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (77/100). What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (87/100), structural risk (61/100), institutional ownership (45/100). mortgage stress (9/100) stay muted.

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

The typical home is worth about $133,000. 92% of housing is owner-occupied. 297 residents call 26343 home, typically aged 54. The poverty rate is 18.2% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Vacancy runs 48.1%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. At $39,922, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The ZIP holds roughly 316 housing units. Educational attainment sits at 12% bachelor's-or-above. On demographic stress specifically, 26343 scores 26/100. Around 0% of renters are cost-burdened.

Net-net, 26343 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. No parcel file is published for 26343 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

The 26343 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 26/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 26343 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Lewis County, West Virginia. Sparse data for 26343 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

The 26/100 figure for 26343 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. For a buyer, 26343 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.