ZIP 98201 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 98201 (Snohomish County, Washington) at a moderate 34/100 for overall property distress. Structural exposure scores 76 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (76/100), construction/permit lag (66/100), institutional ownership (52/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (19/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (93/100)).

The peak-phase market in 98201 posted values that rose 2.8% over the year, and 9% higher over three years, at 26/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Population is roughly 31,212 with a median age of 40. 16.3% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Home values center near $499,800, an affordability ratio of 6.5×. There are about 15,617 housing units across 98201. Owners hold 47% of homes, renters 53%. Educational attainment sits at 29% bachelor's-or-above. Median household income is $73,822, near the U.S. median near $78,000. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 43/100. Vacancy runs 10.2%. Rent burden reaches 42% of tenant households.

On balance 98201 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.