ZIP 98648 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 98648 (Skamania County, Washington) at a minimal 14/100 for overall property distress. The latent-versus-live split is 28/100 structural and 5/100 already moving. Property-level stress concentrates in institutional ownership (34/100), structural risk (28/100), mortgage stress (15/100). On the quiet end sit structural risk (28/100) and mortgage stress (15/100).

The peak-phase market in 98648 posted values that rose 1.8% over the year, and 1% lower over three years (phase confidence 19/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Home values center near $555,500, an affordability ratio of 5.1×. The ZIP holds roughly 1,509 housing units. Median household income is $93,553, above the U.S. median near $78,000. Educational attainment sits at 33% bachelor's-or-above. The vacancy rate is 11.5% — elevated. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 34/100. 8.2% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Population is roughly 3,353 with a median age of 49. Around 44% of renters are cost-burdened. Owners hold 78% of homes, renters 22%.

On balance 98648 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.