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

For Thurston County, Washington, DLRadar turns county and parcel public records into a single distress score per ZIP. On bank and credit headwind, Thurston County scores 50/100. The county's ZIP scores run from 26 up to 34/100. Coverage runs to 16 ZIPs across Thurston County, a low 27/100 average.

Currently peak, Thurston County saw prices rise 2.1% year over year (phase confidence 20/100). At this stage of the cycle, the opportunity narrows so screen ZIP by ZIP.

Thurston County's topped-out +2.1% YoY (20/100 confidence) means selectivity rules well beyond the county average. A mid-cycle 50/100 lender reading means a blend the ZIP scores sort out.

Highest scores land in 98568 (34/100), 98531 (31/100), 98579 (28/100), 98502 (27/100), 98501 (26/100), 98503 (26/100); each opens to a full parcel breakdown. Also scored across the county: 98505, 98506, 98512, 98513, 98516, 98530, 98556, 98576, 98589, 98597.

Demographically, the Thurston County ZIPs on file come in at 12.2% of households below the poverty line, an owner-occupied share of 73%, a median household income near $91,137 (above the US norm), typical home values near $457,993, 5.7% of units sitting vacant, a median age of 39.3. Numbers like these signal the depth of motivated supply and the pace of resale.

Net of it all, 27/100 over 16 ZIPs means Thurston County rewards parcel-by-parcel work — work it parcel by parcel. Subscribers get each Thurston County parcel's owner, address and APN, a score, the bank behind the note and how fast it should sell.

The distress read for Thurston County, Washington is refreshed as new public records post and uses the same methodology coast to coast, so Thurston County stays directly comparable to any other market you track.

For an acquisition buyer, the practical use of Thurston County, Washington's scores is triage: the ZIPs and parcels carrying the highest composite are where motivated sellers and below-market exits concentrate, while lower-scored areas rarely justify the marketing spend. Provenance for Thurston County is explicit: recorders and courts for filings, FHFA for prices, FDIC for lenders. No interpolation, no synthetic values.

Drilling in, Thurston County's highest-scoring ZIPs are 98568 (34/100), 98531 (31/100), 98579 (28/100), 98502 (27/100), 98501 (26/100), 98503 (26/100). DLRadar also scores 98505, 98506, 98512, 98513, 98516, 98530, 98556, 98576 and more across the county. Every one of these is scored independently — a ZIP's composite reflects its own recorded distress, which is why the county average alone hides where the real pressure sits.

Under Thurston County's headline composite sit distinct layers — recorded foreclosures, tax and lien delinquency, mortgage stress and bank headwind — each scored separately before they roll up, so the same total can describe very different markets.