ZIP 98339 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Jefferson County, Washington's ZIP 98339 registers 19/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. Structural risk reads 39/100 against active distress of 5/100. The most distinctive pressure shows up in institutional ownership (40/100), structural risk (39/100), mortgage stress (17/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (17/100) and construction/permit lag (14/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (64/100), climate & FEMA risk (60/100)).

The peak-phase market in 98339 posted values that rose 2.8% over the year, and 5% 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 $409,800, an affordability ratio of 5.2×. There are about 1,670 housing units across 98339. Population is roughly 3,480 with a median age of 52. Vacancy runs 9.3%. Median household income is $73,750, near the U.S. median near $78,000. Rent burden reaches 32% of tenant households. Educational attainment sits at 25% bachelor's-or-above. 12.7% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Owners hold 73% of homes, renters 27%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 35/100.

On balance 98339 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.