ZIP 98531 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Lewis County, Washington · Distress market
DLRadar grades ZIP 98531 (Lewis County, Washington) at a moderate 31/100 for overall property distress. Structurally it carries 67/100, against 6/100 of stress already in motion. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (90/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (72/100), FEMA disaster exposure (72/100)). Leading the profile are structural risk (67/100), institutional ownership (55/100), construction/permit lag (44/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (19/100) register low.
The market reads peak — home values rose 0.8% year on year, and 7% higher over three years (phase confidence 17/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.
The typical home is worth about $343,000 (4.6× income). The ZIP holds roughly 11,525 housing units. Vacancy runs 4.4%. About 21% have a four-year degree. About 27,356 people live here, median age 38. On demographic stress specifically, 98531 scores 36/100. The tenure split is 65% owner-occupied to 35% rented. Rent burden reaches 41% of tenant households. The poverty rate is 17.0% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Median household income is $61,963, below the U.S. median near $78,000.
Overall, 98531 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. There is no property file for 98531 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable records.
Big metro or rural, 98531 runs through one identical scoring model, so its 31/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Lewis County, Washington and the nation. Sparse data for 98531 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.
Each component behind 98531 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 31/100 roll-up. Treat 98531 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.
What is driving ZIP 98531’s distress
Delinquency on tax, investor concentration, insurance pressure, NFIP flood, lagging construction, price dislocation and sale velocity — and the 0 individual distressed properties come with owner, address, APN, an individual score and an exit read in the complete report.
The 98531 distress snapshot
Current distress, phase, housing and lender-pressure figures for 98531, drawn from the same report attached to each property.
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