ZIP 26743 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP 26743's composite property-distress score is 11/100 - DLRadar classes that as minimal for Mineral County, West Virginia. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (25/100), construction/permit lag (21/100), institutional ownership (9/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (9/100) and mortgage stress (6/100). Latent structural risk is 25/100 while live distress already moving reads 2/100.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 7.0% year on year, at 51/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

Population is roughly 2,126 with a median age of 51. The typical home is worth about $198,100 (3.5× income, relatively affordable). The vacancy rate is 15.4% — elevated. Owners hold 92% of homes, renters 8%. Around 66% of renters are cost-burdened. Educational attainment sits at 14% bachelor's-or-above. At $65,814, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The ZIP holds roughly 1,007 housing units. On demographic stress specifically, 26743 scores 34/100. The poverty rate is 10.6%.

Net-net, 26743 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. While 26743 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

The number is not local guesswork: 26743's 11/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Sparse data for 26743 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

26743's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. For an operator, 26743 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.