ZIP 26541 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 26541 (Monongalia County, West Virginia) at a low 16/100 for overall property distress. Structural risk reads 36/100 against active distress of 2/100. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (36/100), institutional ownership (16/100), mortgage stress (8/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (16/100) and mortgage stress (8/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (75/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (67/100)).

The expansion-phase market in 26541 posted values that rose 5.7% over the year, 2.5% off the recent peak, at 37/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

90% of housing is owner-occupied. The typical home is worth about $236,400 (2.6× income, relatively affordable). There are about 1,559 housing units across 26541. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 27/100. Population is roughly 3,170 with a median age of 43. Vacancy runs 6.9%. The poverty rate is 6.9% — low. Around 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. At $86,445, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. Rent burden reaches 56% of tenant households.

Broadly, 26541 is a steadier market — the deals are the exceptions, not the rule. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.