ZIP 98830 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Douglas County, Washington, ZIP 98830 scores 11 of 100 for composite distress, a minimal level on DLRadar's distress index. On the structural side it scores 22/100, with 1/100 of stress already active. Leading the profile are structural risk (22/100), mortgage stress (3/100), institutional ownership (3/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (3/100) and institutional ownership (3/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (72/100)).

The market reads contraction — home values fell 2.6% year on year, 2.6% off the recent peak, at 65/100 phase confidence. Softening prices widen the spread between distressed and market value — what acquisition buyers watch for.

There are about 279 housing units across 98830. The typical home is worth about $262,500 (2.7× income, relatively affordable). 78% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 34% of renters are cost-burdened. Median household income is $80,313, near the U.S. median near $78,000. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 25/100. Vacancy runs 11.8%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Around 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. About 564 people live here, median age 42. The poverty rate is 8.0%.

Net-net, 98830 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Parcel-level detail for 98830 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.

Big metro or rural, 98830 runs through one identical scoring model, so its 11/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Douglas County, Washington and the nation. 98830 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

Behind 98830'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. The point of the 98830 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.