ZIP 26520 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Preston County, West Virginia's ZIP 26520 registers 26/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (61/100), institutional ownership (44/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (81/100)). The latent-versus-live split is 61/100 structural and 0/100 already moving.

The expansion-phase market in 26520 posted values that rose 5.7% over the year, 2.5% off the recent peak (phase confidence 37/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

The typical home is worth about $198,400. 100% of housing is owner-occupied. Population is roughly 360 with a median age of 59. The ZIP holds roughly 258 housing units. Around 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The vacancy rate is 21.5% — elevated. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 18/100. The poverty rate is 2.5% — low.

On the whole, 26520 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.