ZIP 98612 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 98612 (Wahkiakum County, Washington) lands at 10/100 — minimal on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (64/100)). The sharpest non-environmental signals are institutional ownership (35/100), structural risk (20/100), mortgage stress (14/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (14/100) and construction/permit lag (5/100). Structural exposure scores 20 and live distress 4 on the 0–100 scale.

The peak-phase market in 98612 posted values that rose 3.1% over the year, and 24% higher over three years, at 28/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Owners hold 84% of homes, renters 16%. Vacancy runs 5.6%. Rent burden reaches 60% of tenant households. Educational attainment sits at 20% bachelor's-or-above. Population is roughly 3,325 with a median age of 54. 15.0% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Home values center near $429,600, an affordability ratio of 6.3×. There are about 1,581 housing units across 98612. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 41/100. Median household income is $59,157, below the U.S. median near $78,000.

On balance 98612 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.