ZIP 26581 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Wetzel County, West Virginia, ZIP 26581 scores 21 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural risk reads 47/100 against active distress of 0/100. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (89/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100). Its standout signals are institutional ownership (54/100), structural risk (47/100).

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 7.0% over the trailing year, at 36/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

There are about 538 housing units across 26581. Rent burden reaches 100% of tenant households. 909 residents call 26581 home, typically aged 58. Educational attainment sits at 8% bachelor's-or-above. Vacancy runs 30.5%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Median household income is $57,960, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Owners hold 94% of homes, renters 6%. 22.0% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Home values center near $71,800. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 46/100.

Taken together, 26581 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.