ZIP 98537 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Grays Harbor County, Washington's ZIP 98537 registers 33/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (95/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (72/100)). The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (72/100), construction/permit lag (70/100), institutional ownership (48/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (21/100). Structural risk reads 72/100 against active distress of 6/100.

The peak-phase market in 98537 posted values that rose 2.9% over the year, and 2% higher over three years, at 26/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Owners hold 82% of homes, renters 18%. Home values center near $339,000, an affordability ratio of 4.0×. There are about 1,133 housing units across 98537. Educational attainment sits at 22% bachelor's-or-above. Population is roughly 2,902 with a median age of 42. Vacancy runs 11.6%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Median household income is $74,421, near the U.S. median near $78,000. 6.2% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Rent burden reaches 36% of tenant households. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 31/100.

On balance 98537 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.