ZIP 98628 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 98628 in Klickitat County, Washington carries a composite property-distress score of 21/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (43/100), institutional ownership (39/100), construction/permit lag (31/100). construction/permit lag (31/100) and mortgage stress (16/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (71/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100). On the structural side it scores 43/100, with 5/100 of stress already active.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 3.1% over the trailing year (phase confidence 28/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Roughly 8.9% live below the poverty line. 530 residents call 98628 home, typically aged 38. Around 22% of renters are cost-burdened. The ZIP holds roughly 222 housing units. Households earn a median $63,864 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The vacancy rate is 14.4% — elevated. The tenure split is 69% owner-occupied to 31% rented. On demographic stress specifically, 98628 scores 29/100. About 5% have a four-year degree. A median home runs $204,800 here, or 2.9 times local income.

Taken together, 98628 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.