ZIP 98528 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Mason County, Washington's ZIP 98528 registers 32/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. Structural exposure scores 71 and live distress 7 on the 0–100 scale. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (84/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (75/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100)). The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (73/100), structural risk (71/100), institutional ownership (51/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (23/100).

The peak-phase market in 98528 posted values that rose 2.8% over the year, and 18% higher over three years, at 26/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Population is roughly 12,398 with a median age of 41. Educational attainment sits at 16% bachelor's-or-above. Home values center near $430,200, an affordability ratio of 4.3×. There are about 5,379 housing units across 98528. Vacancy runs 19.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. 6.1% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Median household income is $85,571, near the U.S. median near $78,000. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 31/100. Owners hold 81% of homes, renters 19%. Rent burden reaches 23% of tenant households.

On the whole, 98528 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.