ZIP 98926 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Kittitas County, Washington, ZIP 98926 scores 34 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (89/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (89/100). Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (83/100), structural risk (77/100), institutional ownership (51/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (22/100) register low. Structural risk reads 77/100 against active distress of 6/100.

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.8% year on year, and 4% higher over three years, at 26/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

About 31,883 people live here, median age 32. There are about 15,207 housing units across 98926. At $66,826, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Rent burden reaches 47% of tenant households. 55% of housing is owner-occupied. The poverty rate is 16.3% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. The typical home is worth about $470,300 (6.4× income). Around 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Vacancy runs 7.8%. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 41/100.

Net-net, 98926 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.