ZIP 26378 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 26378 in Lewis County, West Virginia carries a composite property-distress score of 16/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural exposure scores 35 and live distress 4 on the 0–100 scale. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (78/100). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (35/100), institutional ownership (28/100), mortgage stress (13/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (28/100) and mortgage stress (13/100) register low.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 6.2% year on year, and 18% higher over three years, at 35/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

A median home runs $172,900 here, or 2.6 times local income. There are about 2,032 housing units across 26378. About 4,639 people live here, median age 49. The tenure split is 85% owner-occupied to 15% rented. About 22% have a four-year degree. On demographic stress specifically, 26378 scores 22/100. Rent burden reaches 16% of tenant households. Households earn a median $66,000 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Vacancy runs 10.4%. Roughly 5.9% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas.

Net-net, 26378 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.