Washington County, RI: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Washington County, RI, Rhode Island: 20 ZIP codes scored, Washington County, RI averaging 28/100 (low, Washington, RI). Washington County, RI is in its peak phase (Washington, RI confidence 31/100): Washington, RI home prices up 4.4% (Washington, RI) over twelve months. Washington County, RI lender headwind: 47/100.

Highest-scoring Washington County, RI ZIPs: 02804 (28/100), 02807 (28/100), 02808 (28/100), 02812 (28/100), 02813 (28/100), 02822 (28/100). Also scored in Washington County, RI: 02832, 02833, 02836, 02852, 02873, 02874, 02875, 02879, 02881, 02882.

Across Washington County, RI's scored ZIPs: median home value $522,653, household income $108,071, 20.4% vacancy, 7.0% poverty, 79% owner-occupied, median age 44.5.

Washington County, RI insurance distress 65/100 (#773 in the US); FEMA hazard 52/100 for Washington, RI; 4 federal disaster declarations in Washington County, RI since 2023; 41 Washington, RI NFIP flood claims, $693K paid; Washington, RI construction distress 63/100.

9 banks with 31 branches lend in Washington County, RI; Washington, RI weighted bank stress 69/100, highest 78/100 in Washington, RI.

Washington County, RI unemployment 2.9% (Washington, RI -2.2 pts, six months); 290 new housing units permitted in Washington County, RI over twelve months, Washington, RI down 13% from 334; Washington, RI home prices +11.8% a year (Washington, RI) over three years.

66,385 housing units in Washington County, RI; 12,059 Washington, RI renter households; 45% of Washington, RI renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 23% (Washington, RI) half or more.

Washington County, RI ranks #942 nationally on the opportunity index (Washington, RI, among all ranked counties); Washington, RI scores 31.4/100 and Washington, RI sits #1 inside Rhode Island. Washington, RI is in the early_signal opportunity phase; Washington, RI's primary driver is vacancy, Washington, RI second driver construction; Washington, RI moved down 295 places. 30 short-sale listings across Washington, RI; 91 days on market observed in Washington, RI; 17.8% vacancy over 20 Washington, RI ZIPs.

0.3% of Washington County, RI mortgages were ninety-plus days late in December 2025; Washington, RI's thirty-to-eighty-nine-day share was 2.0% (CFPB county sample). Washington, RI's ninety-day rate is up 0.1 points on twelve months earlier; the Washington, RI peak since 2008 was 3.3% in October 2012; Rhode Island overall reads 0.9%.

Washington County, RI has 4 watched banks; 4 Washington, RI banks sit in an elevated band. Washington, RI footprints: Washington Tr Co Of Westerly (10 branches, stress 77) in Washington, RI; Citizens Bank National Assn (6 branches, stress 66) in Washington, RI; Banknewport (2 branches, stress 78) in Washington, RI.

HUD lists 23 assisted multifamily properties in Washington County, RI with 1,541 units; 1,278 Washington, RI units are assisted, 10 Washington, RI properties under project-based Section 8.

13,836 of the 66,385 housing units in Washington, RI sit vacant. Washington County, RI permitted 61 multifamily units in twelve months; Washington, RI's one-to-four unit structures added 229 units in Washington County, RI.