ZIP 98537 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Grays Harbor County, Washington, ZIP 98537 scores 33 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's distress index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (95/100), FEMA disaster exposure (69/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (66/100). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (73/100), construction/permit lag (69/100), institutional ownership (52/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (21/100). The split runs 73/100 structural to 6/100 active on the ground.

The market reads peak — home values rose 0.7% year on year, and 2% higher over three years (phase confidence 17/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

The tenure split is 82% owner-occupied to 18% rented. A median home runs $339,000 here, or 4.0 times local income. There are about 1,133 housing units across 98537. Around 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Population is roughly 2,902 with a median age of 42. The vacancy rate is 11.6% — elevated. At $74,421, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. Roughly 6.2% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. Around 36% of renters are cost-burdened. On demographic stress specifically, 98537 scores 31/100.

On balance 98537 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. There is no property file for 98537 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable records.

The number is not local guesswork: 98537's 33/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 98537, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

The 33/100 for 98537 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. For a buyer, 98537 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.