ZIP 98001 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 98001 in King County, Washington carries a composite property-distress score of 35/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural risk reads 79/100 against active distress of 6/100. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (94/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100). What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (79/100), construction/permit lag (70/100), institutional ownership (55/100). mortgage stress (20/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.8% over the trailing year, and 9% higher over three years, at 26/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

A median home runs $587,400 here, or 5.0 times local income. The tenure split is 76% owner-occupied to 24% rented. There are about 12,447 housing units across 98001. About 28% have a four-year degree. Vacancy runs 2.7%. On demographic stress specifically, 98001 scores 33/100. Rent burden reaches 34% of tenant households. Roughly 9.1% live below the poverty line. 36,041 residents call 98001 home, typically aged 40. Households earn a median $107,218 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure.

Overall, 98001 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.