ZIP 26656 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 distress scale, ZIP 26656 in Nicholas County, West Virginia comes in at 19, a low composite-distress reading. Structural exposure scores 40 and live distress 5 on the 0–100 scale. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (40/100), construction/permit lag (33/100), institutional ownership (32/100). institutional ownership (32/100) and mortgage stress (15/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a expansion phase: values rose 8.7% over the trailing year, at 78/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

At $71,500, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. Around 0% of renters are cost-burdened. Roughly 0.3% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 21/100. A median home runs $158,700 here, or 2.2 times local income. The vacancy rate is 14.4% — elevated. Owners hold 65% of homes, renters 35%. Population is roughly 363 with a median age of 46. Educational attainment sits at 13% bachelor's-or-above. There are about 234 housing units across 26656.

Taken together, 26656 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. While 26656 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

Big metro or rural, 26656 runs through one identical scoring model, so its 19/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Nicholas County, West Virginia and the nation. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 26656 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

26656's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. In workflow terms, 26656 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.