ZIP 98020 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP 98020's composite property-distress score is 34/100 - DLRadar classes that as moderate for Snohomish County, Washington. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (93/100), FEMA disaster exposure (71/100). The split runs 75/100 structural to 6/100 active on the ground. Leading the profile are structural risk (75/100), institutional ownership (59/100), construction/permit lag (52/100). mortgage stress (19/100) stay muted.

The market reads peak — home values held roughly flat year on year, and 8% higher over three years, at 16/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Median household income is $122,243, above the U.S. median near $78,000. The vacancy rate is 5.8%. Around 32% of renters are cost-burdened. Educational attainment sits at 60% bachelor's-or-above. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 36/100. A median home runs $1,031,500 here, or 7.8 times local income. The poverty rate is 3.4% — low. The tenure split is 75% owner-occupied to 25% rented. Population is roughly 19,064 with a median age of 51. There are about 9,526 housing units across 98020.

On balance 98020 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. No parcel file is published for 98020 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

No ZIP is too small to score: 98020 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 34/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. 98020 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

98020's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. Practically, 98020 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.