ZIP 26525 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Preston County, West Virginia, ZIP 26525 scores 14 of 100 for composite distress, a minimal level on DLRadar's distress index. The split runs 33/100 structural to 6/100 active on the ground. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (74/100). Its standout signals are institutional ownership (38/100), structural risk (33/100), mortgage stress (19/100). On the quiet end sit structural risk (33/100) and mortgage stress (19/100).

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 6.7% over the trailing year, and 22% higher over three years (phase confidence 55/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

The typical home is worth about $216,100 (2.5× income, relatively affordable). The vacancy rate is 12.2% — elevated. About 8,390 people live here, median age 41. On demographic stress specifically, 26525 scores 23/100. Educational attainment sits at 17% bachelor's-or-above. Roughly 8.1% live below the poverty line. The ZIP holds roughly 2,421 housing units. Around 19% of renters are cost-burdened. Owners hold 88% of homes, renters 12%. Households earn a median $80,938 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure.

Net-net, 26525 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Parcel-level detail for 26525 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.

The 26525 read uses the identical scoring model applied coast to coast, which means its 14/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 26525 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Preston County, West Virginia. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed as records update; 26525 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.

26525's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. The point of the 26525 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.