ZIP 26542 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Scored purely from public records, 26542 (Preston County, West Virginia) returns a low composite of 17/100. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: flood (NFIP) exposure (77/100). The split runs 38/100 structural to 5/100 active on the ground. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (38/100), institutional ownership (34/100), mortgage stress (16/100). mortgage stress (16/100) and construction/permit lag (13/100) stay muted.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 6.7% year on year (phase confidence 55/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

The vacancy rate is 12.9% — elevated. Roughly 12.4% live below the poverty line. Households earn a median $59,063 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Population is roughly 2,120 with a median age of 40. Around 9% of renters are cost-burdened. The typical home is worth about $152,000 (2.6× income, relatively affordable). Around 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 23/100. The ZIP holds roughly 967 housing units. Owners hold 85% of homes, renters 15%.

Taken together, 26542 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Parcel-level detail for 26542 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

The 26542 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 17/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 26542 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Preston County, West Virginia. Where the public record is thin for 26542, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

Behind 26542's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. Treat 26542 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.