Chelan County, WA: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Chelan County, WA, Washington: 14 ZIP codes scored, Chelan County, WA averaging 35/100 (moderate, Chelan, WA), from 28 to 36. Chelan County, WA is in its contraction phase (Chelan, WA confidence 65/100): Chelan, WA home prices down 2.6% (Chelan, WA) over twelve months, 2.6% under their peak. Chelan County, WA lender headwind: 48/100.

Highest-scoring Chelan County, WA ZIPs: 98801 (36/100), 98811 (36/100), 98815 (36/100), 98816 (36/100), 98817 (36/100), 98821 (36/100). Also scored in Chelan County, WA: 98822, 98826, 98828, 98831, 98836, 98847, 98852, 98846.

Across Chelan County, WA's scored ZIPs: median home value $486,482, household income $76,927, 21.5% vacancy, 4.9% poverty, 67% owner-occupied, median age 46.0.

Chelan County, WA insurance distress 91/100 (#97 in the US); FEMA hazard 89/100 for Chelan, WA; 8 federal disaster declarations in Chelan County, WA since 2023 (4 flood); 31 Chelan, WA NFIP flood claims, $1.8M paid; Chelan, WA construction distress 68/100.

10 banks with 22 branches lend in Chelan County, WA; Chelan, WA weighted bank stress 64/100, highest 68/100 in Chelan, WA.

Chelan County, WA unemployment 4.0% (Chelan, WA -1.8 pts, six months); 540 new housing units permitted in Chelan County, WA over twelve months, Chelan, WA down 18% from 660; Chelan, WA home prices +8.0% a year (Chelan, WA) over three years.

38,677 housing units in Chelan County, WA; 11,304 Chelan, WA renter households; 37% of Chelan, WA renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 17% (Chelan, WA) half or more.

Chelan County, WA ranks #239 nationally on the opportunity index (Chelan, WA, among all ranked counties); Chelan, WA scores 35.4/100 and Chelan, WA sits #3 inside Washington. Chelan, WA is in the overheated opportunity phase; Chelan, WA's primary driver is vacancy, Chelan, WA second driver construction; Chelan, WA moved down 69 places. 9 short-sale listings across Chelan, WA; 66 days on market observed in Chelan, WA; 14.7% vacancy over 14 Chelan, WA ZIPs.

No CFPB county sample covers Chelan County, WA. The metro area reading for Chelan, WA (Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA): 0.1% ninety-plus days late; Chelan, WA's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 1.6% (Chelan, WA, December 2025 data); Washington overall 0.6%.

Chelan County, WA has 5 watched banks; 5 Chelan, WA banks sit in an elevated band. Chelan, WA footprints: Cashmere Valley Bank (7 branches, stress 65) in Chelan, WA; Wafd Bank (3 branches, stress 67) in Chelan, WA; Washington Trust Bank (2 branches, stress 68) in Chelan, WA.

HUD lists 2 assisted multifamily properties in Chelan County, WA with 153 units; 92 Chelan, WA units are assisted, 1 Chelan, WA properties under project-based Section 8.

7,157 of the 38,677 housing units in Chelan, WA sit vacant. Chelan County, WA permitted 218 multifamily units in twelve months; Chelan, WA's one-to-four unit structures added 322 units in Chelan County, WA.