ZIP 98902 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 98902 in Yakima County, Washington carries a composite property-distress score of 28/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural exposure scores 60 and live distress 7 on the 0–100 scale. What sets it apart are the readings on institutional ownership (64/100), structural risk (60/100), mortgage stress (23/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (23/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (93/100), FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (73/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 4.5% year on year, and 12% higher over three years, at 28/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

About 45,377 people live here, median age 35. The poverty rate is 16.7% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Vacancy runs 3.9%. Around 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. There are about 17,937 housing units across 98902. At $60,050, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. 52% of housing is owner-occupied. Rent burden reaches 35% of tenant households. The typical home is worth about $263,200 (4.0× income, relatively affordable). The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 35/100.

Net-net, 98902 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.