ZIP 98948 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

On DLRadar's 0-100 distress scale, ZIP 98948 in Yakima County, Washington comes in at 34, a moderate composite-distress reading. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — FEMA disaster exposure (98/100), climate & FEMA risk (93/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (69/100). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (73/100), institutional ownership (67/100), construction/permit lag (46/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (23/100). The split runs 73/100 structural to 7/100 active on the ground.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.0% over the trailing year, and 18% higher over three years, at 20/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Owners hold 59% of homes, renters 41%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 32/100. The typical home is worth about $232,200 (3.2× income, relatively affordable). Rent burden reaches 24% of tenant households. There are about 3,628 housing units across 98948. The poverty rate is 16.3% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. The vacancy rate is 3.3%. Educational attainment sits at 9% bachelor's-or-above. Population is roughly 12,960 with a median age of 28. At $67,217, median income runs below typical U.S. levels.

Overall, 98948 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.

Whether 98948 runs hot or quiet, its 34/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 98948 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Yakima County, Washington or nationwide. 98948 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

98948's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. In workflow terms, 98948 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.