ZIP 98294 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Snohomish County, Washington's ZIP 98294 registers 34/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. Structural risk reads 76/100 against active distress of 6/100. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (76/100), construction/permit lag (66/100), institutional ownership (52/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (19/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (93/100)).

The peak-phase market in 98294 posted values that rose 2.8% over the year, and 12% higher over three years, at 26/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Home values center near $527,600, an affordability ratio of 5.3×. There are about 2,973 housing units across 98294. Owners hold 87% of homes, renters 13%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 32/100. Population is roughly 7,838 with a median age of 38. Vacancy runs 5.2%. 5.5% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Educational attainment sits at 30% bachelor's-or-above. Median household income is $87,981, above the U.S. median near $78,000. Rent burden reaches 38% of tenant households.

On balance 98294 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.