ZIP 98256 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 98256 (Snohomish County, Washington) at a moderate 34/100 for overall property distress. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (93/100). Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (76/100), construction/permit lag (66/100), institutional ownership (52/100). mortgage stress (19/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 76 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale.

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

Vacancy runs 54.6%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Roughly 19.8% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. A median home runs $430,000 here, or 4.2 times local income. The tenure split is 84% owner-occupied to 16% rented. About 10% have a four-year degree. Households earn a median $91,406 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. 409 residents call 98256 home, typically aged 41. There are about 310 housing units across 98256. On demographic stress specifically, 98256 scores 42/100. Rent burden reaches 58% of tenant households.

Taken together, 98256 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.