ZIP 98284 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP 98284's composite property-distress score is 34/100 - DLRadar classes that as moderate for Skagit County, Washington. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (75/100), institutional ownership (63/100), construction/permit lag (53/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (21/100) register low. Latent structural risk is 75/100 while live distress already moving reads 6/100. Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (96/100), climate & FEMA risk (89/100), FEMA disaster exposure (78/100)).

The peak-phase market in 98284 posted values that rose 1.9% over the year, and 13% higher over three years, at 25/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Median household income is $82,097, near the U.S. median near $78,000. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 36/100. 11.5% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Around 42% of renters are cost-burdened. Educational attainment sits at 20% bachelor's-or-above. Population is roughly 26,970 with a median age of 39. The ZIP holds roughly 11,256 housing units. Owners hold 71% of homes, renters 29%. Home values center near $482,500, an affordability ratio of 5.2×. Vacancy runs 5.7%.

Net-net, 98284 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. No parcel file is published for 98284 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

The number is not local guesswork: 98284's 34/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 98284, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

The 34/100 figure for 98284 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. Treat 98284 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.