ZIP 26764 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 26764 in Preston County, West Virginia carries a composite property-distress score of 15/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. The sharpest non-environmental signals are institutional ownership (40/100), structural risk (34/100), mortgage stress (19/100). By contrast, structural risk (34/100) and mortgage stress (19/100) register low. The split runs 34/100 structural to 6/100 active on the ground. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (81/100)).

The market reads expansion — home values rose 6.7% year on year (phase confidence 55/100). Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

The ZIP holds roughly 2,497 housing units. Around 46% of renters are cost-burdened. Median household income is $54,604, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Home values center near $150,500, an affordability ratio of 2.4× — accessible. Roughly 24.7% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. About 14% have a four-year degree. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 34/100. The vacancy rate is 29.1% — elevated. Owners hold 77% of homes, renters 23%. About 4,349 people live here, median age 44.

Net-net, 26764 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Parcel-level detail for 26764 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 26764's 15/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Preston County, West Virginia or any ZIP coast to coast. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 26764, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

The 15/100 for 26764 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. For a buyer, 26764 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.