ZIP 98934 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 98934 in Kittitas County, Washington carries a composite property-distress score of 34/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (83/100), structural risk (77/100), institutional ownership (51/100). mortgage stress (22/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (89/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (89/100). The latent-versus-live split is 77/100 structural and 6/100 already moving.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.8% over the trailing year, and 16% higher over three years (phase confidence 26/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Households earn a median $59,250 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. The vacancy rate is 4.3%. Roughly 19.2% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. Around 57% of renters are cost-burdened. About 27% have a four-year degree. On demographic stress specifically, 98934 scores 37/100. A median home runs $319,900 here, or 4.8 times local income. The ZIP holds roughly 477 housing units. 803 residents call 98934 home, typically aged 55. The tenure split is 71% owner-occupied to 29% rented.

Overall, 98934 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.