ZIP 98548 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Composite property distress in 98548 (Mason County, Washington) lands at 29/100 — low on DLRadar's distress scoring. Structural risk reads 62/100 against active distress of 7/100. Its heaviest discrete signals: structural risk (62/100), institutional ownership (54/100), construction/permit lag (35/100). On the quiet end sit construction/permit lag (35/100) and mortgage stress (23/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (84/100), FEMA disaster exposure (73/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (68/100)).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values held roughly flat over the trailing year, and 14% higher over three years, at 16/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Population is roughly 2,336 with a median age of 59. There are about 2,374 housing units across 98548. Around 76% of renters are cost-burdened. Owners hold 92% of homes, renters 8%. Vacancy runs 50.7%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Median household income is $66,541, below the U.S. median near $78,000. On demographic stress specifically, 98548 scores 39/100. 18.1% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. A median home runs $315,000 here, or 3.8 times local income. About 29% have a four-year degree.

Taken together, 98548 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. There is no property file for 98548 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable records.

Big metro or rural, 98548 runs through one identical scoring model, so its 29/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Mason County, Washington and the nation. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed as records update; 98548 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.

Each component behind 98548 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 29/100 roll-up. In workflow terms, 98548 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.