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ZIP 98938, Yakima

Moderate

🇺🇸Yakima, Washington · United States

Residential

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Mixed fit Based on 7 scored dimensions

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Schools — 1 schools within range

Affordability

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Safety — based on limited evidence

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Amenities — no source available yet

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Believers and skeptics descend on Chehalis Flying Saucer Party Spokane Spokesman-Review

Sep. 14—Last weekend, skeptics and believers alike came out for this year's Chehalis Flying Saucer Party celebrating the 79th anniversary of Kenneth Arnold's historic flight — including his granddaughter, Shannelle Arnold. It was on June 24, 1947, when Kenneth took off from Chehalis in his CallAir A-2 — bound for Yakima to refuel before heading to his final destination — when he observed nine ...

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Man sentenced to 40 years in drug killings of pregnant woman and her husband San Diego Union-Tribune

Benjamin Madrigal-Birrueta, 25, pleaded guilty to his role in the 2022 deaths of Cesar Armando Murillo, 44, and Maira Sofia Hernandez, 33, in Yakima, Wash.

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WA farmers face realities of unprecedented drought Spokane Spokesman-Review

ZILLAH, Yakima County — Perhaps it’s a sign of how serious Washington’s drought problem has become when farmers begin to say they’re pleasantly surprised to receive just over half their typical water supply. This spring, irrigation districts braced for dire conditions, coming fresh off a year that gave them 40% of their normal water supply. Farmers curtailed water use early in the season, ...

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U-Hi opens season with well-rounded rout of Yakima's West Valley Spokane Spokesman-Review

Roundup of Friday’s Greater Spokane League and Northeast A League nonleague football.

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Wildfire — LOWER HAMPTON Hazard

132 acres · 89.8km away

1 year ago

Wildfire — RATTLESNAKE Hazard

118 acres · 39.2km away

1 year ago

Wildfire — OVERON Hazard

345 acres · 112.2km away

1 year ago

Wildfire — LABOR MOUNTAIN Hazard

42,962 acres · 122.3km away

1 year ago

Wildfire — ESQUATZEL Hazard

157 acres · 88.7km away

1 year ago

Data confidence

Moderate coverage

Coverage confidence reflects geographic matching, source authority, freshness, record coverage, and demographic alignment. It is not a liveability score.

geography

25 pts

source authority

20 pts

freshness

20 pts

record coverage

2 pts

demographic alignment

5 pts

Reliable enriched schools, amenity details, ratings, and official area demographics are not available for this suburb yet. Existing evidence elsewhere on this page remains visible; missing facts are not estimated.

Score dashboard

ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Safety

Bottom 1%

estimated

Affordability

Bottom 1%

ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Schools

Bottom 1%

2020

Transport

Bottom 6%

pending

Amenities

Bottom 6%

pending

Lifestyle

Bottom 6%

pending

Property Confidence

Bottom 1%

ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Flood & earthquake history

🌊 Flood: None on record

🌍 Earthquake: None on record

🔥 Wildfire: High

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Community demographics

ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Population

1,591

Median household income

$46,022/yr

Median home value

$219,900

Price-to-income ratio

Median home ÷ median household income

4.8×

Moderately priced

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Crime & Safety

Washington · United States national statistics

80/100

Safety score based on Washington region averages

Safety score estimated from national crime statistics for this region.

Flood & earthquake

🌊 No flood history

🌍 No earthquake history

🔥 Wildfire: High

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Schools in this area

NCES Common Core of Data · 1 schools

No schools match your search.

Amenities & transport

OpenStreetMap

Amenity data is being gathered from OpenStreetMap.

Public transit

Score 50/100

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Car-dependent area

No public transit infrastructure data is available for this ZIP area. This typically reflects rural or very low-density suburban areas.

Natural hazards & flood/earthquake history

GDACS · USGS · NIFC/WFIGS

🌊

Flood history

None on record

No significant regional flooding recorded near this area since 2006.

🌍

Earthquake risk

None

No significant earthquakes on record.

🔥

Wildfire risk

High

Events recorded 94

Largest fire 102,046 acres

SCHNEIDER SPRINGS

Most recent Oct 2025

Flood & earthquake events: GDACS (Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System), 2006–present — tracks disaster-scale events only, not every local flood or minor tremor. Wildfire: NIFC Wildland Fire Incident Reporting System (WFIGS), 2019–present. Distances are straight-line from this area's centroid.

Drug & substance activity

Drug offense data at ZIP-code level is not publicly reported in the FBI CDE dataset. City-wide violent and property crime rates are used for the safety score.

Affordability

ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Median household income

$46,022/yr

Median home value

$219,900

ZIP area population

1,591

Price-to-income ratio

4.8×

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