ZIP 98546 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Mason County, Washington's ZIP 98546 registers 32/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. Structural exposure scores 71 and live distress 7 on the 0–100 scale. The most distinctive pressure shows up in construction/permit lag (73/100), structural risk (71/100), institutional ownership (51/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (23/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (84/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (75/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100)).

The peak-phase market in 98546 posted values that rose 2.8% over the year, and 12% higher over three years, at 26/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Home values center near $494,500, an affordability ratio of 5.0×. Owners hold 93% of homes, renters 7%. Population is roughly 2,288 with a median age of 58. Educational attainment sits at 28% bachelor's-or-above. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 31/100. There are about 2,089 housing units across 98546. Rent burden reaches 21% of tenant households. Median household income is $96,964, above the U.S. median near $78,000. Vacancy runs 45.5%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. 3.1% of residents fall below the poverty threshold.

On the whole, 98546 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.