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

Kittitas County, WA, Washington: 12 ZIP codes scored, Kittitas County, WA averaging 33/100 (moderate, Kittitas, WA), from 29 to 36. Kittitas County, WA is in its peak phase (Kittitas, WA confidence 16/100): Kittitas, WA home prices up 0.4% (Kittitas, WA) over twelve months. Kittitas County, WA lender headwind: 39/100.

Highest-scoring Kittitas County, WA ZIPs: 98828 (36/100), 98901 (34/100), 98922 (33/100), 98925 (33/100), 98926 (33/100), 98934 (33/100). Also scored in Kittitas County, WA: 98940, 98941, 98943, 98946, 98950, 98068.

Across Kittitas County, WA's scored ZIPs: median home value $524,109, household income $64,939, 34.6% vacancy, 13.5% poverty, 72% owner-occupied, median age 44.5.

Kittitas County, WA insurance distress 77/100 (#462 in the US); FEMA hazard 68/100 for Kittitas, WA; 4 federal disaster declarations in Kittitas County, WA since 2023 (4 flood); 26 Kittitas, WA NFIP flood claims, $926K paid; Kittitas, WA construction distress 55/100.

9 banks with 12 branches lend in Kittitas County, WA; Kittitas, WA weighted bank stress 61/100, highest 72/100 in Kittitas, WA.

Kittitas County, WA unemployment 4.6% (Kittitas, WA -1.3 pts, six months); 331 new housing units permitted in Kittitas County, WA over twelve months, Kittitas, WA down 8% from 360; Kittitas, WA home prices +7.2% a year (Kittitas, WA) over three years.

24,674 housing units in Kittitas County, WA; 7,380 Kittitas, WA renter households; 50% of Kittitas, WA renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 29% (Kittitas, WA) half or more.

Kittitas County, WA ranks #674 nationally on the opportunity index (Kittitas, WA, among all ranked counties); Kittitas, WA scores 32.5/100 and Kittitas, WA sits #8 inside Washington. Kittitas, WA is in the early_signal opportunity phase; Kittitas, WA's primary driver is vacancy, Kittitas, WA second driver construction; Kittitas, WA moved down 64 places. 11 short-sale listings across Kittitas, WA; 101 days on market observed in Kittitas, WA; 14.8% vacancy over 12 Kittitas, WA ZIPs.

No CFPB county sample covers Kittitas County, WA. The non-metro area reading for Kittitas, WA: 0.3% ninety-plus days late; Kittitas, WA's thirty-to-eighty-nine share is 1.6% (Kittitas, WA, December 2025 data); Washington overall 0.6%.

Kittitas County, WA has 3 watched banks; 3 Kittitas, WA banks sit in an elevated band. Kittitas, WA footprints: Cashmere Valley Bank (2 branches, stress 65) in Kittitas, WA; Wafd Bank (1 branch, stress 67) in Kittitas, WA; Yakima Fs&La (1 branch, stress 32) in Kittitas, WA.

HUD lists 1 assisted multifamily property in Kittitas County, WA with 51 units.

4,681 of the 24,674 housing units in Kittitas, WA sit vacant. Kittitas County, WA permitted 96 multifamily units in twelve months; Kittitas, WA's one-to-four unit structures added 235 units in Kittitas County, WA.