ZIP 98943 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 98943 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). On the structural side it scores 77/100, with 6/100 of stress already active.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.8% over the trailing year, and 34% higher over three years (phase confidence 26/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The ZIP holds roughly 306 housing units. 707 residents call 98943 home, typically aged 35. The tenure split is 62% owner-occupied to 38% rented. Around 30% of renters are cost-burdened. Roughly 32.0% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. About 25% have a four-year degree. On demographic stress specifically, 98943 scores 42/100. The vacancy rate is 8.3%. Households earn a median $60,268 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. A median home runs $374,300 here, or 6.2 times local income.

Taken together, 98943 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.