ZIP 98673 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

DLRadar grades ZIP 98673 (Klickitat County, Washington) at a low 21/100 for overall property distress. The sharpest non-environmental signals are institutional ownership (43/100), structural risk (42/100), construction/permit lag (20/100). On the quiet end sit construction/permit lag (20/100) and mortgage stress (16/100). Structural risk reads 42/100 against active distress of 5/100. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (74/100), climate & FEMA risk (71/100).

The peak-phase market in 98673 posted values that rose 1.2% over the year (phase confidence 20/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Rent burden reaches 72% of tenant households. The tenure split is 71% owner-occupied to 29% rented. At $41,154, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Educational attainment sits at 5% bachelor's-or-above. The ZIP holds roughly 166 housing units. Home values center near $162,000, an affordability ratio of 3.9× — accessible. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 43/100. Population is roughly 418 with a median age of 49. The poverty rate is 35.2% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Vacancy runs 4.1%.

On the whole, 98673 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. There is no property file for 98673 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable records.

The 98673 read uses the identical scoring model applied coast to coast, which means its 21/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 98673 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Klickitat County, Washington. Where the record is thin for 98673, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

Behind 98673's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. In workflow terms, 98673 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.