ZIP 98539 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 98539 in Lewis County, Washington carries a composite property-distress score of 33/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic distress index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (89/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (86/100), FEMA disaster exposure (74/100). Its standout signals are structural risk (74/100), construction/permit lag (62/100), institutional ownership (58/100). mortgage stress (21/100) stay muted. The split runs 74/100 structural to 6/100 active on the ground.

The peak-phase market in 98539 posted values that held roughly flat over the year (phase confidence 16/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Owners hold 82% of homes, renters 18%. About 12% have a four-year degree. A median home runs $400,000 here. The ZIP holds roughly 60 housing units. About 185 people live here, median age 32. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 58/100. Vacancy runs 4.0%. Around 80% of renters are cost-burdened. At $85,893, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. 23.2% of residents fall below the poverty threshold.

On the whole, 98539 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. 98539 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 98539's 33/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Lewis County, Washington or any ZIP coast to coast. 98539 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

The 33/100 for 98539 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. Practically, 98539 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.