ZIP 98829 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 98829 (Okanogan County, Washington) lands at 26/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Structural exposure scores 54 and live distress 5 on the 0–100 scale. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (60/100), structural risk (54/100), institutional ownership (35/100). institutional ownership (35/100) and mortgage stress (16/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (87/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100).

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.

441 residents call 98829 home, typically aged 56. The tenure split is 80% owner-occupied to 20% rented. Roughly 30.8% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Rent burden reaches 44% of tenant households. A median home runs $392,000 here, or 8.5 times local income. There are about 208 housing units across 98829. About 14% have a four-year degree. On demographic stress specifically, 98829 scores 50/100. Vacancy runs 11.5%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Households earn a median $36,293 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure.

Taken together, 98829 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.