ZIP 26617 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Nicholas County, West Virginia, ZIP 26617 scores 12 of 100 for composite distress, a minimal level on DLRadar's distress index. The pressure is most legible in institutional ownership (23/100), structural risk (23/100). institutional ownership (23/100) and structural risk (23/100) stay muted. The split runs 23/100 structural to 0/100 active on the ground.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 8.2% year on year (phase confidence 62/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

About 694 people live here, median age 20. About 31% have a four-year degree. 0.0% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. The ZIP holds roughly 253 housing units. Vacancy runs 18.4%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Households earn a median $55,938 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The tenure split is 100% owner-occupied to 0% rented. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 33/100.

On the whole, 26617 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. While 26617 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

No ZIP is too small to score: 26617 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 12/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. 26617 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

The 12/100 for 26617 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. Practically, 26617 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.