ZIP 98290 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 98290 in Snohomish County, Washington carries a composite property-distress score of 34/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (93/100). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (76/100), construction/permit lag (66/100), institutional ownership (52/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (19/100) register low. Structural risk reads 76/100 against active distress of 6/100.

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.8% year on year, and 10% higher over three years, at 26/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

There are about 15,384 housing units across 98290. The typical home is worth about $784,200 (5.5× income). The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 32/100. Around 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Vacancy runs 5.4%. Rent burden reaches 33% of tenant households. About 39,732 people live here, median age 42. The poverty rate is 5.0% — low. 81% of housing is owner-occupied. At $129,656, median income runs above typical U.S. levels.

Net-net, 98290 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.