ZIP 98548 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Mason County, Washington, ZIP 98548 scores 32 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural risk reads 71/100 against active distress of 7/100. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (73/100), structural risk (71/100), institutional ownership (51/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (23/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (84/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (75/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.8% year on year, and 14% higher over three years, at 26/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

About 2,336 people live here, median age 59. There are about 2,374 housing units across 98548. Rent burden reaches 76% of tenant households. 92% of housing is owner-occupied. Vacancy runs 50.7%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. At $66,541, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 39/100. The poverty rate is 18.1% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. The typical home is worth about $315,000 (3.8× income, relatively affordable). Around 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Net-net, 98548 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.