ZIP 98535 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 98535 (Grays Harbor County, Washington) at a moderate 33/100 for overall property distress. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (96/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (67/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100). Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (73/100), construction/permit lag (70/100), institutional ownership (49/100). mortgage stress (21/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 73 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale.

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

A median home runs $286,800 here, or 4.1 times local income. Roughly 4.7% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. There are about 375 housing units across 98535. About 25% have a four-year degree. Vacancy runs 36.5%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. On demographic stress specifically, 98535 scores 40/100. 598 residents call 98535 home, typically aged 53. Households earn a median $63,359 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The tenure split is 97% owner-occupied to 3% rented. Rent burden reaches 100% of tenant households.

Taken together, 98535 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.