ZIP 98297 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

San Juan County, Washington's ZIP 98297 registers 9/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as minimal. Structural exposure scores 19 and live distress 4 on the 0–100 scale. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (20/100), institutional ownership (19/100), structural risk (19/100). structural risk (19/100) and mortgage stress (14/100) stay muted.

The peak-phase market in 98297 posted values that rose 1.2% over the year (phase confidence 20/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The typical home is worth about $405,600 (6.8× income). About 92% have a four-year degree. About 48 people live here, median age 68. The ZIP holds roughly 168 housing units. The tenure split is 94% owner-occupied to 6% rented. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 38/100. Households earn a median $60,500 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Roughly 14.6% live below the poverty line. Vacancy runs 80.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal.

Net-net, 98297 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. There is no property file for 98297 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable public records.

The 98297 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 9/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 98297 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of San Juan County, Washington. Sparse data for 98297 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

98297's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. The point of the 98297 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.