ZIP 26452 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

DLRadar grades ZIP 26452 (Lewis County, West Virginia) at a low 20/100 for overall property distress. Its heaviest discrete signals: institutional ownership (47/100), structural risk (45/100), construction/permit lag (17/100). By contrast, construction/permit lag (17/100) and mortgage stress (9/100) register low. Structural exposure scores 45 and live distress 3 on the 0–100 scale. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (88/100).

The market reads expansion — home values rose 8.0% year on year, and 68% higher over three years (phase confidence 57/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Median household income is $48,019, below the U.S. median near $78,000. There are about 4,714 housing units across 26452. Roughly 24.6% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 32/100. The tenure split is 63% owner-occupied to 37% rented. About 16% have a four-year degree. Around 38% of renters are cost-burdened. The typical home is worth about $128,300 (2.3× income, relatively affordable). Population is roughly 9,374 with a median age of 41. Vacancy runs 14.5%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal.

Net-net, 26452 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. 26452 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

No ZIP is too small to score: 26452 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 20/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. Sparse data for 26452 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

The 20/100 for 26452 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. In workflow terms, 26452 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.