ZIP 98002 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In King County, Washington, ZIP 98002 scores 35 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Its standout signals are structural risk (79/100), construction/permit lag (70/100), institutional ownership (55/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (20/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (94/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100). The latent-versus-live split is 79/100 structural and 6/100 already moving.

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.8% year on year, and 8% higher over three years (phase confidence 26/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

The typical home is worth about $421,300 (5.1× income). Around 47% of renters are cost-burdened. At $77,714, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. The ZIP holds roughly 15,044 housing units. The poverty rate is 9.4%. 50% of housing is owner-occupied. The vacancy rate is 6.1%. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 39/100. Around 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. About 37,284 people live here, median age 36.

Net-net, 98002 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.