ZIP 98620 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

DLRadar grades ZIP 98620 (Klickitat County, Washington) at a low 20/100 for overall property distress. Environmental exposure also runs high (FEMA disaster exposure (78/100), climate & FEMA risk (71/100)). Structural risk reads 40/100 against active distress of 5/100. The pressure is most legible in institutional ownership (46/100), structural risk (40/100), mortgage stress (16/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (16/100) and construction/permit lag (7/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 1.2% over the trailing year, and 17% higher over three years, at 20/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The ZIP holds roughly 3,697 housing units. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 35/100. The poverty rate is 18.2% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Around 42% of renters are cost-burdened. Median household income is $55,029, below the U.S. median near $78,000. The vacancy rate is 6.4%. Educational attainment sits at 24% bachelor's-or-above. The typical home is worth about $280,500 (4.6× income). Owners hold 70% of homes, renters 30%. About 7,617 people live here, median age 49.

On balance 98620 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. 98620 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

The number is not local guesswork: 98620's 20/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Sparse data for 98620 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

Each component behind 98620 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 20/100 roll-up. Practically, 98620 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.