ZIP 26679 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

DLRadar grades ZIP 26679 (Nicholas County, West Virginia) at a minimal 12/100 for overall property distress. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (25/100), institutional ownership (23/100), mortgage stress (14/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (23/100) and mortgage stress (14/100) register low. On the structural side it scores 25/100, with 4/100 of stress already active.

The expansion-phase market in 26679 posted values that rose 8.0% over the year (phase confidence 57/100). Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

Population is roughly 1,180 with a median age of 42. Vacancy runs 45.7%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. There are about 1,068 housing units across 26679. Households earn a median $55,187 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. A median home runs $164,900 here, or 3.2 times local income. The poverty rate is 14.0%. Around 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Rent burden reaches 20% of tenant households. 83% of housing is owner-occupied. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 30/100.

Net-net, 26679 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. 26679 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

The number is not local guesswork: 26679's 12/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Where the public record is thin for 26679, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

The 12/100 figure for 26679 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. For an operator, 26679 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.