ZIP 98643 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 98643 (Wahkiakum County, Washington) at a minimal 10/100 for overall property distress. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (64/100). Property-level stress concentrates in institutional ownership (35/100), structural risk (20/100), construction/permit lag (5/100). structural risk (20/100) and construction/permit lag (5/100) stay muted. Structural risk reads 20/100 against active distress of 0/100.

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

The tenure split is 82% owner-occupied to 18% rented. A median home runs $237,100 here, or 4.1 times local income. Rent burden reaches 89% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 23.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. 514 residents call 98643 home, typically aged 39. There are about 282 housing units across 98643. Roughly 8.4% live below the poverty line. About 30% have a four-year degree. On demographic stress specifically, 98643 scores 39/100. Households earn a median $57,181 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure.

Taken together, 98643 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.