ZIP 98273 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Skagit County, Washington, ZIP 98273 scores 35 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (84/100), structural risk (80/100), institutional ownership (56/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (21/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (96/100), climate & FEMA risk (89/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100)). The latent-versus-live split is 80/100 structural and 6/100 already moving.

The neutral-phase market in 98273 posted values that rose 3.6% over the year, and 13% higher over three years (phase confidence 19/100). Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Educational attainment sits at 25% bachelor's-or-above. Home values center near $492,300, an affordability ratio of 6.0×. 15.1% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Around 46% of renters are cost-burdened. Median household income is $74,247, near the U.S. median near $78,000. The vacancy rate is 4.1%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 40/100. Owners hold 63% of homes, renters 37%. Population is roughly 30,078 with a median age of 37. The ZIP holds roughly 11,989 housing units.

On balance 98273 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.