West Virginia

Highest foreclosure rate: North Elkin (McDowell County)
Foreclosure rate through Q2 2008: 18.30%
Neighborhood population: 2,281
Owner-occupied homes: 765
Median home price: N/A
Median household income: $19,510

North Elkin, two hours south of Charleston, is in the hilly coal-mining region of McDowell County, which has among the lowest per capita incomes in one the nation's poorest states.