ZIP 98935 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Yakima County, Washington, ZIP 98935 scores 28 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural exposure scores 60 and live distress 7 on the 0–100 scale. Its standout signals are institutional ownership (64/100), structural risk (60/100), mortgage stress (23/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (23/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (93/100), FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (73/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 4.5% year on year, and 15% higher over three years, at 28/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

About 4,481 people live here, median age 26. 60% of housing is owner-occupied. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 34/100. There are about 1,224 housing units across 98935. The typical home is worth about $225,500 (3.1× income, relatively affordable). At $63,775, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Vacancy runs 6.9%. Rent burden reaches 26% of tenant households. Around 5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The poverty rate is 20.7% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate.

Net-net, 98935 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.