ZIP 98253 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Island County, Washington's ZIP 98253 registers 31/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (82/100), structural risk (71/100), institutional ownership (45/100). mortgage stress (19/100) stay muted. On the structural side it scores 71/100, with 6/100 of stress already active. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (86/100), climate & FEMA risk (79/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.8% over the trailing year, and 55% higher over three years (phase confidence 26/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

About 56% have a four-year degree. Roughly 9.9% live below the poverty line. 2,141 residents call 98253 home, typically aged 64. Around 89% of renters are cost-burdened. The tenure split is 91% owner-occupied to 9% rented. The ZIP holds roughly 1,785 housing units. Households earn a median $73,393 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. On demographic stress specifically, 98253 scores 53/100. A median home runs $789,800 here, or 9.7 times local income. The vacancy rate is 33.9% — elevated.

Taken together, 98253 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.