ZIP 98908 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Yakima County, Washington, ZIP 98908 scores 34 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Latent structural risk is 75/100 while live distress already moving reads 7/100. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: FEMA disaster exposure (98/100), climate & FEMA risk (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (73/100). Its standout signals are structural risk (75/100), institutional ownership (69/100), construction/permit lag (48/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (23/100).

The peak-phase market in 98908 posted values that rose 2.0% over the year, and 10% higher over three years, at 20/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

There are about 15,379 housing units across 98908. Vacancy runs 5.3%. Population is roughly 37,921 with a median age of 40. On demographic stress specifically, 98908 scores 33/100. A median home runs $383,900 here, or 4.5 times local income. Median household income is $80,266, near the U.S. median near $78,000. Rent burden reaches 48% of tenant households. Roughly 8.8% live below the poverty line. Owners hold 70% of homes, renters 30%. Educational attainment sits at 33% bachelor's-or-above.

Net-net, 98908 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. There is no property file for 98908 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable public records.

Big metro or rural, 98908 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. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 98908 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

The 34/100 for 98908 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. The point of the 98908 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.