ZIP 26421 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 26421 in Ritchie County, West Virginia carries a composite property-distress score of 14/100 — a minimal reading on DLRadar's deterministic distress index. Structural exposure scores 30 and live distress 0 on the 0–100 scale. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (46/100), institutional ownership (32/100), structural risk (30/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (32/100) and structural risk (30/100) register low.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 8.0% year on year (phase confidence 57/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Roughly 21.7% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. On demographic stress specifically, 26421 scores 49/100. 175 residents call 26421 home, typically aged 39. The ZIP holds roughly 98 housing units. Around 0% of renters are cost-burdened. Vacancy runs 8.3%. 69% of housing is owner-occupied. Median household income is $34,844, below the U.S. median near $78,000. About 0% have a four-year degree.

Net-net, 26421 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Parcel-level detail for 26421 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.

Big metro or rural, 26421 runs through one identical scoring model, so its 14/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Ritchie County, West Virginia and the nation. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 26421 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

Each component behind 26421 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 14/100 roll-up. For a buyer, 26421 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.