ZIP 26855 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 26855 in Grant County, West Virginia carries a composite property-distress score of 14/100 — a minimal reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (74/100), structural risk (32/100), mortgage stress (7/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (7/100) and institutional ownership (6/100) register low. Structural exposure scores 32 and live distress 2 on the 0–100 scale.

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

About 704 people live here, median age 55. The tenure split is 92% owner-occupied to 8% rented. A median home runs $130,600 here, or 2.4 times local income. There are about 377 housing units across 26855. Vacancy runs 34.6%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. About 1% have a four-year degree. On demographic stress specifically, 26855 scores 25/100. Rent burden reaches 0% of tenant households. Households earn a median $63,375 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Roughly 13.1% live below the poverty line.

Net-net, 26855 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.