ZIP 98940 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 98940 (Kittitas County, Washington) at a moderate 34/100 for overall property distress. Structural risk reads 77/100 against active distress of 6/100. Property-level stress concentrates in 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).

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

Vacancy runs 74.0%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. There are about 1,075 housing units across 98940. The tenure split is 70% owner-occupied to 30% rented. Rent burden reaches 0% of tenant households. Households earn a median $122,801 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. On demographic stress specifically, 98940 scores 29/100. 461 residents call 98940 home, typically aged 58. About 35% have a four-year degree. A median home runs $612,800 here, or 4.0 times local income. Roughly 0.0% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas.

Taken together, 98940 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.