ZIP 98851 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 98851 (Grant County, Washington) lands at 20/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are construction/permit lag (74/100), structural risk (45/100), institutional ownership (6/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (6/100) and mortgage stress (5/100) register low. On the structural side it scores 45/100, with 1/100 of stress already active. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (74/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.8% year on year, and 16% higher over three years (phase confidence 26/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

The ZIP holds roughly 2,003 housing units. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 36/100. The poverty rate is 19.8% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. The vacancy rate is 22.4% — elevated. Around 35% of renters are cost-burdened. About 4,996 people live here, median age 33. Around 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The typical home is worth about $242,800 (3.6× income, relatively affordable). At $67,009, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. 64% of housing is owner-occupied.

Net-net, 98851 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.