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

Mason County, WA, Washington: 15 ZIP codes scored, Mason County, WA averaging 29/100 (low, Mason, WA), from 24 to 33. Mason County, WA is in its peak phase (Mason, WA confidence 16/100): Mason, WA home prices up 0.4% (Mason, WA) over twelve months. Mason County, WA lender headwind: 62/100.

Highest-scoring Mason County, WA ZIPs: 98557 (33/100), 98563 (33/100), 98541 (32/100), 98524 (29/100), 98528 (29/100), 98546 (29/100). Also scored in Mason County, WA: 98548, 98555, 98560, 98584, 98588, 98592, 98502, 98312, 98380.

Across Mason County, WA's scored ZIPs: median home value $449,380, household income $82,727, 24.9% vacancy, 10.7% poverty, 82% owner-occupied, median age 48.6.

Mason County, WA insurance distress 72/100 (#590 in the US); FEMA hazard 74/100 for Mason, WA; 6 federal disaster declarations in Mason County, WA since 2023 (4 flood); 3 Mason, WA NFIP flood claims, $49K paid; Mason, WA construction distress 37/100.

4 banks with 6 branches lend in Mason County, WA; Mason, WA weighted bank stress 64/100, highest 78/100 in Mason, WA.

Mason County, WA unemployment 5.2% (Mason, WA -1.0 pts, six months); 239 new housing units permitted in Mason County, WA over twelve months, Mason, WA up 15% from 208; Mason, WA home prices +7.6% a year (Mason, WA) over three years.

34,152 housing units in Mason County, WA; 4,791 Mason, WA renter households; 37% of Mason, WA renters spend 30%+ of income on rent, 23% (Mason, WA) half or more.

Mason County, WA ranks #375 nationally on the opportunity index (Mason, WA, among all ranked counties); Mason, WA scores 34.2/100 and Mason, WA sits #4 inside Washington. Mason, WA is in the peak_opportunity opportunity phase; Mason, WA's primary driver is vacancy, Mason, WA second driver bank institutional; Mason, WA moved up 15 places. 41 short-sale listings across Mason, WA; 94 days on market observed in Mason, WA; 20.1% vacancy over 15 Mason, WA ZIPs.

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

Mason County, WA has 2 watched banks; 2 Mason, WA banks sit in an elevated band. Mason, WA footprints: Heritage Bank (2 branches, stress 58) in Mason, WA; Olympia Fs&La (1 branch, stress 78) in Mason, WA.

HUD lists 2 assisted multifamily properties in Mason County, WA with 52 units; 48 Mason, WA units are assisted, 2 Mason, WA properties under project-based Section 8.

8,123 of the 34,152 housing units in Mason, WA sit vacant. Mason County, WA permitted 0 multifamily units in twelve months; Mason, WA's one-to-four unit structures added 239 units in Mason County, WA.