ZIP 98830 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 98830 in Douglas County, Washington carries a composite property-distress score of 15/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural risk reads 32/100 against active distress of 1/100. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (39/100), structural risk (32/100), mortgage stress (3/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (3/100) and institutional ownership (3/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (72/100).

The market reads neutral — home values rose 4.4% year on year, 2.2% off the recent peak, at 35/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

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. Rent burden reaches 34% of tenant households. At $80,313, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 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%.

Overall 98830 looks resilient on the surface, so the edge is isolating individual stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.