ZIP 98258 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Composite property distress in 98258 (Snohomish County, Washington) lands at 34/100 — moderate on DLRadar's distress scoring. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (94/100), FEMA disaster exposure (68/100). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (76/100), construction/permit lag (58/100), institutional ownership (57/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (19/100). On the structural side it scores 76/100, with 6/100 of stress already active.

The peak-phase market in 98258 posted values that held roughly flat over the year, and 10% higher over three years, at 16/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Home values center near $653,100, an affordability ratio of 5.0×. The tenure split is 78% owner-occupied to 22% rented. About 52,005 people live here, median age 36. There are about 18,873 housing units across 98258. At $120,571, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. 4.6% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Around 40% of renters are cost-burdened. About 32% have a four-year degree. The vacancy rate is 4.0%. On demographic stress specifically, 98258 scores 32/100.

Net-net, 98258 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Parcel-level detail for 98258 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.

The 98258 read uses the identical scoring model applied coast to coast, which means its 34/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 98258 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Snohomish County, Washington. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 98258, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

98258's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. In workflow terms, 98258 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.