ZIP 26501 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

DLRadar grades ZIP 26501 (Monongalia County, West Virginia) at a low 20/100 for overall property distress. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (75/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (66/100)). Its heaviest discrete signals: structural risk (45/100), construction/permit lag (39/100), institutional ownership (15/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (15/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) register low. The latent-versus-live split is 45/100 structural and 2/100 already moving.

The expansion-phase market in 26501 posted values that rose 6.7% over the year, and 9% higher over three years (phase confidence 55/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

The ZIP holds roughly 9,823 housing units. Vacancy runs 8.9%. The tenure split is 60% owner-occupied to 40% rented. Educational attainment sits at 45% bachelor's-or-above. On demographic stress specifically, 26501 scores 30/100. Around 37% of renters are cost-burdened. Home values center near $219,800, an affordability ratio of 3.4× — accessible. 16.5% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. 19,640 residents call 26501 home, typically aged 40. Households earn a median $62,173 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure.

Overall, 26501 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. 26501 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 26501's 20/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Monongalia County, West Virginia or any ZIP coast to coast. Where the public record is thin for 26501, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

26501's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. For an operator, 26501 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.