ZIP 98944 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Benton County, Washington, ZIP 98944 scores 32 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural risk reads 71/100 against active distress of 6/100. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (89/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (80/100), FEMA disaster exposure (67/100). Its standout signals are structural risk (71/100), construction/permit lag (58/100), institutional ownership (54/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (20/100) register low.

The market reads neutral — home values rose 4.5% year on year, and 29% higher over three years, at 33/100 phase confidence. Appreciation rarely lifts every parcel — the laggards are the opportunity.

The typical home is worth about $260,000 (3.8× income, relatively affordable). 63% of housing is owner-occupied. About 24,048 people live here, median age 28. Vacancy runs 4.4%. At $60,167, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Rent burden reaches 37% of tenant households. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 36/100. The poverty rate is 17.4% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. There are about 6,651 housing units across 98944. Around 9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Net-net, 98944 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.