ZIP 98643 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Scored on a fixed 0-100 scale, 98643 (Wahkiakum County, Washington) returns a minimal composite of 13/100. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (74/100). Leading the profile are institutional ownership (40/100), structural risk (28/100), construction/permit lag (27/100). structural risk (28/100) and construction/permit lag (27/100) stay muted. The latent-versus-live split is 28/100 structural and 0/100 already moving.

The peak-phase market in 98643 posted values that rose 1.2% over the year, at 20/100 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. Around 89% of renters are cost-burdened. The vacancy rate is 23.9% — elevated. Population is roughly 514 with a median age of 39. There are about 282 housing units across 98643. Roughly 8.4% live below the poverty line. Around 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 39/100. At $57,181, median income runs below typical U.S. levels.

Taken together, 98643 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Parcel-level detail for 98643 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.

Whether 98643 runs hot or quiet, its 13/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 98643 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Wahkiakum County, Washington or nationwide. 98643 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

The 13/100 figure for 98643 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. For a buyer, 98643 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.