ZIP 98292 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 98292 in Snohomish County, Washington carries a composite property-distress score of 34/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (93/100), FEMA disaster exposure (71/100)). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (75/100), institutional ownership (59/100), construction/permit lag (52/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (19/100) register low. Latent structural risk is 75/100 while live distress already moving reads 6/100.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values held roughly flat over the trailing year, and 10% higher over three years (phase confidence 16/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

80% of housing is owner-occupied. The poverty rate is 9.2%. A median home runs $654,100 here, or 6.0 times local income. Vacancy runs 6.2%. There are about 10,459 housing units across 98292. Households earn a median $101,161 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. About 25% have a four-year degree. On demographic stress specifically, 98292 scores 39/100. 26,713 residents call 98292 home, typically aged 42. Rent burden reaches 54% of tenant households.

Net-net, 98292 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. No parcel file is published for 98292 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

The 98292 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 34/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 98292 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Snohomish County, Washington. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 98292 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

98292's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. Treat 98292 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.