Pierce County, WA: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

DLRadar tracks property distress across Pierce County, Washington using verifiable public-record signals alone. The county's ZIP scores run from 29 up to 31/100. The county spans 60 scored ZIP codes, averaging 29/100 composite distress. Lender pressure in Pierce County registers 48/100 — a moderate bank-stress headwind.

In its peak phase, Pierce County home prices rose 0.4% across the last year, a 16/100-confidence read. With pricing topped out, the opportunity narrows so screen ZIP by ZIP.

Near the cycle top at +0.4% YoY (16/100 confidence), selectivity rules well beyond the county average. A mid-cycle 48/100 lender reading points to mixed owner- and bank-driven distress.

Top distress by ZIP runs 98092 (31/100), 98022 (30/100), 98047 (30/100), 98303 (29/100), 98304 (29/100), 98321 (29/100), listed with every scored ZIP below. Also scored across the county: 98323, 98327, 98328, 98329, 98330, 98332, 98333, 98335, 98338, 98349.

Demographically, the ZIPs DLRadar tracks across Pierce County run incomes around $99,481, 10.5% of households below the poverty line, residents with a median age around 39, an owner-occupied share of 66%, 8.9% of units sitting vacant, typical home values near $553,735. Numbers like these signal the supply of motivated sellers and the speed of resale.

Pierce County, Washington's 29/100 average over 60 ZIPs says Pierce County rewards parcel-by-parcel work rather than a blanket buy. Inside DLRadar, each Pierce County property carries owner, APN and address, score, bank exposure and an exit-velocity estimate.

Because Pierce County, Washington is scored on the identical public-record model used nationwide, even a quiet county is measured on one scale — letting you weigh Pierce County against neighboring markets or the rest of Washington on equal footing.

Used properly, Pierce County, Washington's scores are a triage layer: they rank where motivated sellers cluster so acquisition spend goes to the ZIPs that convert rather than across Pierce County as a whole. Every figure traces to a public federal or county source — recorder and court records for foreclosure and liens, FHFA for the price cycle, FDIC for lender stress — and DLRadar leaves a signal blank rather than estimating where Pierce County data is thin.

Drilling in, Pierce County's highest-scoring ZIPs are 98092 (31/100), 98022 (30/100), 98047 (30/100), 98303 (29/100), 98304 (29/100), 98321 (29/100). DLRadar also scores 98323, 98327, 98328, 98329, 98330, 98332, 98333, 98335 and more across the county. Every one of these is scored independently — a ZIP's composite reflects its own recorded distress, which is why the county average alone hides where the real pressure sits.

The Pierce County score is not a single measure but a composite: foreclosure activity, mortgage and tax-lien stress, and local lender headwind each feed it, which is why understanding the components matters as much as the headline number.