ZIP 98255 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Skagit County, Washington · High Poverty market
On DLRadar's 0-100 distress scale, ZIP 98255 in Skagit County, Washington comes in at 34, a moderate composite-distress reading. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (74/100), institutional ownership (62/100), construction/permit lag (50/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (21/100). Structural exposure scores 74 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (96/100), climate & FEMA risk (89/100), FEMA disaster exposure (84/100).
Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.1% over the trailing year (phase confidence 25/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.
Home values center near $217,500, an affordability ratio of 5.7×. 23.9% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Median household income is $35,893, below the U.S. median near $78,000. The ZIP holds roughly 105 housing units. Around 31% of renters are cost-burdened. 84% of housing is owner-occupied. The vacancy rate is 0.0%. On demographic stress specifically, 98255 scores 38/100. Around 6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Population is roughly 201 with a median age of 38.
Taken together, 98255 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. While 98255 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.
Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 98255's 34/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Skagit County, Washington or any ZIP coast to coast. Sparse data for 98255 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.
The 34/100 figure for 98255 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. The point of the 98255 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.
ZIP 98255 distress signals, scored
Tax arrears, institutional buyers, insurance load, flood exposure, stalled construction, dislocated pricing and auction velocity — together with the 0 individual distressed properties come with owner, address, APN, an individual score and an exit read in the complete report.
ZIP 98255 Stress Report snapshot
The live 98255 panel — distress score, market phase, housing and bank pressure — as attached to every individual property.
Adjacent Skagit County ZIP reports
Nearest ZIP codes to 98255
By straight-line distance between ZIP centers — the surrounding market, whichever county or state line it crosses.
Related reports across Skagit County, Washington
Further distress data across Skagit County, Washington at ZIP, county and state level.
The complete 98255 distress and acquisition report
The full 98255 file lists each distressed parcel with owner, address, APN, per-property score, bank exposure and exit-velocity read, and carries it straight through to owner and lender records. Refreshed continuously.
Each signal above is traceable to an open dataset · methodology