ZIP 98325 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Jefferson County, Washington's ZIP 98325 registers 19/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. The most distinctive pressure shows up in institutional ownership (40/100), structural risk (39/100), mortgage stress (17/100). mortgage stress (17/100) and construction/permit lag (14/100) stay muted. The latent-versus-live split is 39/100 structural and 5/100 already moving. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (64/100), climate & FEMA risk (60/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.8% over the trailing year, and 9% higher over three years (phase confidence 26/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

On demographic stress specifically, 98325 scores 31/100. Roughly 10.0% live below the poverty line. Households earn a median $76,414 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. Around 0% of renters are cost-burdened. 1,654 residents call 98325 home, typically aged 50. About 39% have a four-year degree. The vacancy rate is 20.7% — elevated. The ZIP holds roughly 966 housing units. The tenure split is 81% owner-occupied to 19% rented. A median home runs $446,300 here, or 6.1 times local income.

Taken together, 98325 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.