ZIP 26524 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 26524 (Preston County, West Virginia) lands at 26/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (100/100), structural risk (61/100), institutional ownership (44/100). mortgage stress (19/100) stay muted. The latent-versus-live split is 61/100 structural and 6/100 already moving. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (81/100).

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 5.7% over the trailing year, 2.5% off the recent peak (phase confidence 37/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

135 residents call 26524 home, typically aged 59. Home values center near $112,500, an affordability ratio of 13.7× — stretched. 80.0% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Owners hold 74% of homes, renters 26%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 69/100. The ZIP holds roughly 50 housing units. Median household income is $11,438, below the U.S. median near $78,000. The vacancy rate is 0.0%. Educational attainment sits at 5% bachelor's-or-above.

Taken together, 26524 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.