ZIP 98524 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 98524 in Mason County, Washington carries a composite property-distress score of 32/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural exposure scores 71 and live distress 7 on the 0–100 scale. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (84/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (75/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100). What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (73/100), structural risk (71/100), institutional ownership (51/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (23/100) register low.

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.8% year on year, and 0% lower over three years, at 26/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

About 4,585 people live here, median age 51. The poverty rate is 6.1% — low. 98% of housing is owner-occupied. There are about 2,126 housing units across 98524. The typical home is worth about $526,800 (4.7× income). Vacancy runs 17.1%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Rent burden reaches 25% of tenant households. At $108,526, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 29/100. Around 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Net-net, 98524 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.