ZIP 26621 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Braxton County, West Virginia, ZIP 26621 scores 5 of 100 for composite distress, a minimal level on DLRadar's public-record index. On the structural side it scores 11/100, with 2/100 of stress already active. Its standout signals are structural risk (11/100), mortgage stress (6/100), institutional ownership (3/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (6/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) register low.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 7.0% year on year (phase confidence 36/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Roughly 19.7% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Around 60% of renters are cost-burdened. About 8% have a four-year degree. The tenure split is 74% owner-occupied to 26% rented. A median home runs $157,100 here, or 2.8 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 26621 scores 34/100. Households earn a median $40,398 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The ZIP holds roughly 324 housing units. The vacancy rate is 5.6%. About 920 people live here, median age 44.

Net-net, 26621 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.