ZIP 26362 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 26362 (Ritchie County, West Virginia) lands at 9/100 — minimal on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The latent-versus-live split is 21/100 structural and 2/100 already moving. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (46/100), structural risk (21/100), mortgage stress (6/100). mortgage stress (6/100) and institutional ownership (6/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 7.0% over the trailing year (phase confidence 36/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

Median household income is $47,180, below the U.S. median near $78,000. The vacancy rate is 15.3% — elevated. The ZIP holds roughly 1,495 housing units. Owners hold 81% of homes, renters 19%. Educational attainment sits at 16% bachelor's-or-above. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 33/100. 24.1% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. 2,904 residents call 26362 home, typically aged 48. Around 59% of renters are cost-burdened. Home values center near $118,700, an affordability ratio of 2.3× — accessible.

Taken together, 26362 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.