ZIP 26542 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 26542 (Preston County, West Virginia) lands at 19/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (77/100). The latent-versus-live split is 44/100 structural and 5/100 already moving. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (44/100), institutional ownership (37/100), construction/permit lag (33/100). construction/permit lag (33/100) and mortgage stress (16/100) stay muted.

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.

The vacancy rate is 12.9% — elevated. 12.4% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Median household income is $59,063, below the U.S. median near $78,000. 2,120 residents call 26542 home, typically aged 40. Around 9% of renters are cost-burdened. Home values center near $152,000, an affordability ratio of 2.6× — accessible. Educational attainment sits at 21% bachelor's-or-above. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 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. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.