Jefferson County, WA: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties
Jefferson County, WA, Washington: 9 ZIP codes scored, Jefferson County, WA averaging 22/100 (low, Jefferson, WA), from 22 to 23. Jefferson County, WA is in its peak phase (Jefferson, WA confidence 16/100): Jefferson, WA home prices up 0.4% (Jefferson, WA) over twelve months. Jefferson County, WA lender headwind: 72/100.
Highest-scoring Jefferson County, WA ZIPs: 98382 (23/100), 98320 (22/100), 98325 (22/100), 98331 (22/100), 98339 (22/100), 98358 (22/100). Also scored in Jefferson County, WA: 98365, 98368, 98376.
Across Jefferson County, WA's scored ZIPs: median home value $466,056, household income $69,914, 20.9% vacancy, 13.0% poverty, 79% owner-occupied, median age 56.4.
Jefferson County, WA insurance distress 57/100 (#985 in the US); FEMA hazard 84/100 for Jefferson, WA; 9 federal disaster declarations in Jefferson County, WA since 2023 (6 flood); 1 Jefferson, WA NFIP flood claims; Jefferson, WA construction distress 39/100.
7 banks with 9 branches lend in Jefferson County, WA; Jefferson, WA weighted bank stress 67/100, highest 92/100 in Jefferson, WA.
Jefferson County, WA unemployment 4.3% (Jefferson, WA -1.7 pts, six months); 192 new housing units permitted in Jefferson County, WA over twelve months, Jefferson, WA up 10% from 174; Jefferson, WA home prices +9.1% a year (Jefferson, WA) over three years.
19,534 housing units in Jefferson County, WA; 3,281 Jefferson, WA renter households; 39% of Jefferson, WA renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 14% (Jefferson, WA) half or more.
Jefferson County, WA ranks #1,238 nationally on the opportunity index (Jefferson, WA, among all ranked counties); Jefferson, WA scores 30.3/100 and Jefferson, WA sits #16 inside Washington. Jefferson, WA is in the early_signal opportunity phase; Jefferson, WA's primary driver is vacancy, Jefferson, WA second driver bank institutional; Jefferson, WA moved down 239 places. 12 short-sale listings across Jefferson, WA; 87 days on market observed in Jefferson, WA; 14.8% vacancy over 9 Jefferson, WA ZIPs.
No CFPB county sample covers Jefferson County, WA. The non-metro area reading for Jefferson, WA: 0.3% ninety-plus days late; Jefferson, WA's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 1.6% (Jefferson, WA, December 2025 data); Washington overall 0.6%.
Jefferson County, WA has 4 watched banks; 4 Jefferson, WA banks sit in an elevated band. Jefferson, WA footprints: 1st Security Bank Of Wa (2 branches, stress 64) in Jefferson, WA; Heritage Bank (2 branches, stress 58) in Jefferson, WA; First Fed Bank (1 branch, stress 92) in Jefferson, WA.
HUD lists 1 assisted multifamily property in Jefferson County, WA with 15 units; 15 Jefferson, WA units are assisted.
3,194 of the 19,534 housing units in Jefferson, WA sit vacant. Jefferson County, WA permitted 3 multifamily units in twelve months; Jefferson, WA's one-to-four unit structures added 189 units in Jefferson County, WA.