ZIP 98538 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Lewis County, Washington · High Vacancy market
Composite property distress in 98538 (Lewis County, Washington) lands at 33/100 — moderate on DLRadar's distress scoring. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (89/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (86/100), FEMA disaster exposure (73/100). On the structural side it scores 74/100, with 6/100 of stress already active. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (74/100), construction/permit lag (62/100), institutional ownership (58/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (21/100).
The market reads peak — home values held roughly flat year on year (phase confidence 16/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.
Around 7% of renters are cost-burdened. The ZIP holds roughly 187 housing units. Households earn a median $83,750 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. Educational attainment sits at 11% bachelor's-or-above. The vacancy rate is 18.9% — elevated. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 33/100. A median home runs $482,100 here, or 4.8 times local income. 333 residents call 98538 home, typically aged 49. 18.3% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Owners hold 73% of homes, renters 27%.
On the whole, 98538 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Parcel-level detail for 98538 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.
No ZIP is too small to score: 98538 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 33/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed as records update; 98538 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.
98538's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. Practically, 98538 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.
ZIP 98538 distress signals, scored
Tax arrears, institutional buyers, insurance load, flood exposure, stalled construction, dislocated pricing and auction velocity — together with the 0 individual distressed properties come with owner, address, APN, an individual score and an exit read in the complete report.
98538 at a glance
Live ZIP-level distress, market-phase, housing and bank-pressure read — the same report attached to every property.
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Every distressed parcel in 98538 comes with owner and address, APN, its own distress score, bank exposure and an exit-velocity read — plus a one-click path to owner and lender records, refreshed continuously nationwide.
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