ZIP 98908 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Yakima County, Washington, ZIP 98908 scores 28 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural risk reads 60/100 against active distress of 7/100. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (93/100), FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (73/100). Its standout signals are institutional ownership (64/100), structural risk (60/100), mortgage stress (23/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (23/100) register low.

The market reads peak — home values rose 4.5% year on year, and 10% higher over three years, at 28/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

There are about 15,379 housing units across 98908. Vacancy runs 5.3%. About 37,921 people live here, median age 40. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 33/100. The typical home is worth about $383,900 (4.5× income). At $80,266, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. Rent burden reaches 48% of tenant households. The poverty rate is 8.8%. 70% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Net-net, 98908 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.