ZIP 98661 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Clark County, Washington's ZIP 98661 registers 29/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. On the structural side it scores 62/100, with 4/100 of stress already active. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (93/100), FEMA disaster exposure (65/100). Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (63/100), structural risk (62/100), institutional ownership (41/100). mortgage stress (12/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 1.0% over the trailing year, and 7% higher over three years, at 11/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The tenure split is 41% owner-occupied to 59% rented. At $75,037, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. The vacancy rate is 3.9%. About 27% have a four-year degree. A median home runs $451,500 here, or 5.7 times local income. Around 39% of renters are cost-burdened. Population is roughly 52,027 with a median age of 35. The ZIP holds roughly 22,302 housing units. Roughly 11.8% live below the poverty line. On demographic stress specifically, 98661 scores 39/100.

On balance 98661 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. While 98661 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

Whether 98661 runs hot or quiet, its 29/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 98661 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Clark County, Washington or nationwide. Where the public record is thin for 98661, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

The 29/100 figure for 98661 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. Practically, 98661 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.