ZIP 98936 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 98936 (Yakima County, Washington) at a low 28/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in institutional ownership (64/100), structural risk (60/100), mortgage stress (23/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (23/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (93/100), FEMA disaster exposure (88/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (73/100)). On the structural side it scores 60/100, with 7/100 of stress already active.

The peak-phase market in 98936 posted values that rose 4.5% over the year, and 10% higher over three years (phase confidence 28/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

The vacancy rate is 5.2%. Owners hold 85% of homes, renters 15%. Median household income is $95,625, above the U.S. median near $78,000. Educational attainment sits at 19% bachelor's-or-above. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 24/100. Population is roughly 8,898 with a median age of 32. 7.7% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Home values center near $364,700, an affordability ratio of 3.4× — accessible. Around 3% of renters are cost-burdened. The ZIP holds roughly 2,863 housing units.

On balance 98936 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.