ZIP 98601 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Clark County, Washington, ZIP 98601 scores 27 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural exposure scores 58 and live distress 4 on the 0–100 scale. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (93/100). Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (58/100), structural risk (58/100), institutional ownership (33/100). institutional ownership (33/100) and mortgage stress (12/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.1% over the trailing year, and 7% higher over three years, at 19/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Vacancy runs 17.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. On demographic stress specifically, 98601 scores 32/100. 2,742 residents call 98601 home, typically aged 39. Rent burden reaches 23% of tenant households. A median home runs $515,000 here, or 4.8 times local income. About 26% have a four-year degree. There are about 1,117 housing units across 98601. Households earn a median $108,990 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. The tenure split is 86% owner-occupied to 14% rented. Roughly 13.4% live below the poverty line.

Taken together, 98601 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.