ZIP 98579 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Thurston County, Washington · Distress market
ZIP code 98579 in Thurston County, Washington carries a composite property-distress score of 28/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic distress index. Latent structural risk is 59/100 while live distress already moving reads 5/100. Its standout signals are structural risk (59/100), institutional ownership (48/100), construction/permit lag (32/100). construction/permit lag (32/100) and mortgage stress (17/100) stay muted. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (92/100), FEMA disaster exposure (70/100)).
Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 1.4% over the trailing year, and 9% higher over three years, at 18/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.
Vacancy runs 3.3%. The poverty rate is 10.1%. The ZIP holds roughly 5,234 housing units. Rent burden reaches 45% of tenant households. 82% of housing is owner-occupied. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 33/100. 13,907 residents call 98579 home, typically aged 42. Households earn a median $94,284 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. A median home runs $463,400 here, or 4.3 times local income. Educational attainment sits at 19% bachelor's-or-above.
On balance 98579 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Parcel-level detail for 98579 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.
Whether 98579 runs hot or quiet, its 28/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 98579 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Thurston County, Washington or nationwide. Sparse data for 98579 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.
The 28/100 for 98579 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. The point of the 98579 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.
Distress signal breakdown — ZIP 98579
Tax delinquency, institutional ownership, insurance pressure, NFIP/flood, construction lag, price dislocation and auction velocity — plus the 0 individual distressed properties are broken out by owner, address, APN, per-property score and exit read inside DLRadar.
Snapshot: 98579 by the numbers
Current distress, phase, housing and lender-pressure figures for 98579, drawn from the same report attached to each property.
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