ZIP 98903 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Yakima County, Washington, ZIP 98903 scores 34 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Its standout signals are structural risk (75/100), institutional ownership (69/100), construction/permit lag (48/100). mortgage stress (23/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (98/100), climate & FEMA risk (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (73/100). The latent-versus-live split is 75/100 structural and 7/100 already moving.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.0% over the trailing year, and 9% higher over three years, at 20/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Vacancy runs 4.1%. 15.3% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. The ZIP holds roughly 6,765 housing units. Educational attainment sits at 18% bachelor's-or-above. Around 44% of renters are cost-burdened. On demographic stress specifically, 98903 scores 34/100. Median household income is $69,188, near the U.S. median near $78,000. Home values center near $287,400, an affordability ratio of 3.8× — accessible. Population is roughly 19,010 with a median age of 34. The tenure split is 75% owner-occupied to 25% rented.

Net-net, 98903 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. There is no property file for 98903 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable public records.

Big metro or rural, 98903 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 34/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Yakima County, Washington and the nation. 98903 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

Behind 98903'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. For an operator, 98903 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.