ZIP 98271 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Snohomish County, Washington's ZIP 98271 registers 34/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (76/100), construction/permit lag (66/100), institutional ownership (52/100). mortgage stress (19/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (93/100). On the structural side it scores 76/100, with 6/100 of stress already active.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.8% over the trailing year, and 10% higher over three years (phase confidence 26/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Roughly 10.8% live below the poverty line. 30,561 residents call 98271 home, typically aged 39. Around 41% of renters are cost-burdened. The vacancy rate is 7.7%. Households earn a median $97,547 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. The ZIP holds roughly 12,026 housing units. About 22% have a four-year degree. A median home runs $538,400 here, or 5.0 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 98271 scores 35/100. The tenure split is 74% owner-occupied to 26% rented.

Overall, 98271 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.